Chimonobambusa callosa

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Chimonobambusa callosa (Munro) Nakai

  • Habit
  • Culms:
  • Culm Diameter: 1.2 - 2.5 cm
  • Culm Internode Length: 15 - 25 cm
  • Wall thickness: Thin-walled
  • Height: 4 - 7 meter
  • Identification Features: Culm Color-Grayish green with root thorns from the nodes; Culm-nodes swollen; Culm-sheath blade linear, 1.2-2.5 cm long; Leaves lanceolate or oblong; 20-33 cm long.
  • Flowering Cycle:
  • Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland), Bhutan.
  • Uses: Edible shoots, thatching small houses.
Vernacular names of Chimonobambusa callosa

Uskong, Uspar, Spar, Sypar (Khasi hills); Laiwa (Manipur); Ngatha, Ngth (Tangkhun); Pangki (Kabuirongmei).

Synonym of Chimonobambusa callosa

Arundinaria callosa Munro, Arundinaria phar E.G. Camus, Chimonocalamus callosus (Munro) Hsueh & T.P.Yi, Sinobambusa callosa (Munro) T.H.Wen

Flowering Reported: Khasia hills (1857-58,1885), Arunachal pradesh (1957,1980,1988), Blatter (1929), Shillong (1857,1858,1885)

Remarks: Reported from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland.

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