Schizostachyum blumei Nees

Species

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Characteristics

A bamboo. It has short rhizomes. The stems are erect and arching over. They hang down at the tip. They are 3-7 m tall and 1-2 cm across. The internodes are 30 cm long. The sheaths on the stems are sword shaped or curved back. They have white hairs. The leaves are sword shaped and dark green. The flowers are in untidy tufts at the nodes.
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Environment

Lowland forest, often along rivers and in hill dipterocarp forest; forest margins and in lowland wasteland along roads; at elevations up to 800 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows in lowland forests and up to 800 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Uses environmental use material
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from rhizomes or by division of the clump.
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Distribution

Schizostachyum blumei world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:420987-1
WFO ID wfo-0000898253
COL ID 4VCST
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Synonyms

Melocanna tenuispiculata Schizostachyum blumei Arundarbor longinodes Arundo spiculorum Bambusa longinodis Melocanna longispiculata Schizostachyum longispiculatum Melocanna zollingeri var. longispiculata Schizostachyum zollingeri var. longispiculatum