Schizostachyum zollingeri Steud.

Species

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Characteristics

A tufted bamboo. It forms many tillers. It grows 10-20 m tall. It has long joints and thin walls. The stems are 8-10 cm across. The tips droop. The leaf sheath is 15 cm tall with a leaf blade is purplish when young and 9 cm long by 9 cm wide. The leaf bade is 40 cm long by 7 cm wide.
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Mature height (meter) 11.0 - 16.0
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Environment

Dense primary forest in northern Peninsular Malaysia, but more often in disturbed areas such as forest edges and forest clearings; normally at elevations from 50-200 metres, occasionally to 400 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows in openings on forest and on the edges of forests. It grows up to 300 m above sea level.
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The new shoots are eaten.
Uses food fuel material
Edible shoots
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds and suckers.
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Distribution

Schizostachyum zollingeri world distribution map, present in Lao People's Democratic Republic and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:421046-1
WFO ID wfo-0000898366
COL ID 4VCW4
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Synonyms

Schizostachyum zollingeri Melocanna zollingeri