Pleioblastus distichus (Mitford) Nakai

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Pleioblastus

Characteristics

Culms 20–40 cm, 1–2 mm in diam.; internodes glabrous; nodes glabrous or sometimes sheath scar pilose. Culm sheaths glabrous. Leaves 5–8 per branch, closely spaced, distichous; auricles absent; oral setae white, smooth; blade erect, lanceolate, 3–7 × 0.3–0.8 cm, rather rigid, glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Forests.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
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Germination luminosity -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Distribution

Pleioblastus distichus world distribution map, present in China and Japan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:416263-1
WFO ID wfo-0000891005
COL ID 4K67Y
BDTFX ID 121746
INPN ID 789236
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Synonyms

Sasa disticha Pleioblastus distichus Arundinaria disticha Bambusa disticha Arundinaria pygmaea var. disticha Sasa pygmaea var. disticha