Thyrsostachys siamensis Gamble

• Habit
• Culms: Caespitose
• Culm Diameter: 2 - 6 cm
• Culm Internode Length: 15 - 30 cm
• Wall thickness: Thick-walled
• Height: 7 - 13 meter

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• Identification Features: Culms with terete internodes; Culm-sheaths 20-25 cm long, persistent, chartaceous, pubescent, hairy throughout with white hairs, without auricles, triangular; Leaves deciduous, lanceolate, 7-15 cm long, 0.6-1.2 cm wide; Inflorescence a large panicle, with many thin branchlets; Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
• Flowering Cycle: 40 years
• Distribution: India (Uttarakhand, West Bengal), China, Myanmar
• Spacing for Cultivation:5 x 5 meter
• Uses: Edible shoots, Building and Construction, Handicrafts, Pulp and paper, Ornamental