Teinostachyum wightii
Teinostachyum wightii
Teinostachyum wightii
Teinostachyum wightii

Teinostachyum wightii (Munro) Bedd.

  • Habit
  • Culms: Tufted
  • Culm Diameter: 1.5 - 2 cm
  • Culm Internode Length: 48 cm
  • Wall thickness: Thin-walled
  • Height: 6.5 - 7.5 meter

  • Identification Features: Culm nodes prominent with a grayish band on both sides; Culm-sheaths 8-15 cm, covered with many appressed light brown subulate hairs; Leaves lanceolate 25-50 cm long, 4-7.5 cm wide; Inflorescence on terminal spike with thick rachis, Spikelets several in the verticils in the axils of bracts; Caryopsis with fleshy pericarp, Endosperm farinose.
  • Flowering Cycle:
  • Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
  • Altitude: 1000 meter
  • Uses: Pulp and paper, Handicrafts, Hut making, Cattle fodder
Vernacular names of Teinostachyum wightii

Ira-calli(Tamil Nadu)

Synonym of Teinostachyum wightii

Ochlandra brandisii Gamble, Bambusa wightii Munro,

Flowering Reported: 1835, 1882, Kerala; Achenkoil(1992)

Remarks: Reported from Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu.


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