Cephalostachyum pergracile Munro
- Habit
- Culms: tufted
- Culm Diameter: 5 - 7.5 cm
- Culm Internode Length: 30 - 45 cm
- Wall thickness: Thin-walled
- Height: 10 - 30 meter
- Identification Features: Culm green, whitish, puberulous below the nodes; Culm sheaths chestnut brown, broader than long, 10-15 cm long; Leaves: 15-35 cm long, Lanceolate; Inflorescence a large panicle with verticils of long, drooping, filiform spikes 1.25-1.75 cm long
- Flowering Cycle:
- Distribution: India ( Assam, Andra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Orissa, West Bengal), China, Myanmar.
- Spacing for Cultivation:7 x 7 meter
- Uses: Construction, Handicrafts. paper pulp.
Vernacular names of Cephalostachyum pergracile
Taxon identifiers:
Bhalan bans (Madhya Pradesh); Madang(Assam); Wootang(Manipur) ; Latang(Nagaland); Dangi (Orissa).
Synonym of Cephalostachyum pergracileSchizostachyum pergracile (Munro) R.B.Majumdar in S.Karthikeyan & al., Oxytenanthera aliena McClure
Flowering Reported: Dibrugarh (Assam) in 1936. Dehra Dun in 1972 (Gregarious flowering)
Remarks: Reported from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland,; introduced to other states of India for cultivation like Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal
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