Dendrocalamus calostachyus (Kurz) Kurz

  • Habit
  • Culms: caespitose
  • Culm Internode Length: 30 - 40 cm
  • Wall thickness: Thick-walled
  • Height: 20 - 25 meter

  • Identification Features: Culm Color green with appressed silvery hairs; Culm-sheaths pubescent, with appressed tawny hairs, In young shoots sheath orange-brown turning to green with brown hairs; Leaves: 22-30 cm long 3-6.5 cm broad, Lanceolate; Inflorescence a large panicle of long, whip-like, curved spikes; fruit is Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
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  • Distribution: India (Meghalaya, Nagaland), China, Myanmar.
  • Altitude: 1000 meter
  • Uses: Construction, water vessels
Synonym of Dendrocalamus calostachyus

Bambusa calostachya Kurz, Sinocalamus calostachyus (Kurz) Keng f., Bambusa latiflora Kurz

Flowering Reported: Myanmar(1868), Dehra Dun(1973)

Remarks: Reported from Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland., Seeds are 200 seeds/g., More than 30 per cent germination.


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