Schizostachyum dullooa (Gamble) R.B.Majumdar

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Schizostachyum

Characteristics

A bamboo. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows in tufts. The stems (culms) are erect and 6-9 m long. They are 3-7 cm across. They are woody. The internodes are 40-75 cm long and hollow. The sheaths are 12-30 cm long and 10-25 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 7.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows between 350-1,500 m above sea level in north Thailand.
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Usually found wild in evergreen forest at elevations of 300-700 metres.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The young shoots are cooked with meat and fish.
Uses -
Edible shoots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
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Germination luminosity -
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Optimum temperature (C°) 20 - 29
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Productivity -

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:962122-1
WFO ID wfo-0000898277
COL ID 4VCTF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Neohouzeaua dullooa Schizostachyum dullooa Teinostachyum dullooa Schizostachyum dulloa