Himalayacalamus hookerianus (Munro) Stapleton

Species

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Characteristics

A bamboo. It grows 6 m tall. It grows in clumps and keeps growing from year to year. The stems are 5-9 m long and 2-4 cm wide. The internodes are 15-20 cm long. The culm sheaths are 30-40 cm long. The leaf blades are narrowly sword shaped and 15-30 cm long by 1-4 cm wide.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 7.0 - 9.0
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Environment

A tropical and subtropical plant. In Bhutan it grows between 1,000-2,100 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 8b-9
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Cool broad-leaved forests; at elevations from 2,000-2,500 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

Uses environmental use food
Edible flowers seeds shoots
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
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Images

Himalayacalamus hookerianus unspecified picture

Distribution

Himalayacalamus hookerianus world distribution map, present in Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:970802-1
WFO ID wfo-0000874430
COL ID 3LXPN
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Synonyms

Drepanostachyum hookerianum Himalayacalamus hookerianus Sinarundinaria hookeriana Arundinaria hookeriana Chimonobambusa hookeriana