Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro
- Habit
- Culms:
- Culm Diameter: 2 - 4 cm
- Culm Internode Length: 4 - 30 cm
- Wall thickness: Thin-walled
- Height: 3 - 7 meter
- Identification Features: Culm Color- Black, nodes with prominent rings, semiterete, distally pubescent when young; Culm-sheaths deciduous, chartaceous, pubescent, with dark brown hairs, auriculate; Leaves lanceolate, 6-12 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide; Inflorescence a fasciculate spike, with spathaceous subtending bracts; Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
- Flowering Cycle:
- Distribution: India, China
- Uses: Ornamental