Gigantochloa robusta Kurz

A bamboo. It grows 20-33 m high. The young shoots are brown-green and have dark brown hairs. The stems are 7-9 cm across. There are aerial roots at the nodes. The internodes are 40 cm long. Branches arise from the nodes above 2-3 m. .

A tropical plant. It grows in the humid tropics up to 1,500 m above sea level. It needs a temperature above-2°C. In Brisbane Botanical gardens.

The young shoots are used as a vegetable.

Plants can be grown from sections of the rhizome and by division of the clumps.