Ochlandra beddomei Gamble
- Habit
- Culms: Caespitose
- Culm Diameter: 3 - 4 cm
- Culm Internode Length: 15 - 17 cm
- Wall thickness: Thin-walled
- Height: 10 - 12 meter
- Identification Features: Culm Color-Green, arching, slightly pubescent; Culm-sheaths 11 cm long, deciduous, glabrous; Leaves lanceolate, 15-20 cm long; 2.5-4 cm wide; Inflorescence is short terminal spicate panicle on leafy branches or on leafless nodes; Caryopsis with fleshy pericarp. Endosperm farinose.
- Flowering Cycle:
- Distribution: India (Kerala)
- Uses: Construction, Pulp and paper, Handicrafts