- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Bambos stricta Roxb.; Bambusa stricta (Roxb.) Roxb.; Nastus strictus (Roxb.) Sm.; Arundo hexandra Roxb. ex Munro; Bambusa glomerata Royle ex Munro; Bambusa hexandra Roxb. ex Munro; Bambusa pubescens Lodd. ex Lindl.; Bambusa stricta var. argentea Rivière; Bambusa tanaea Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Bambusa verticillata Rottler ex Munro; Dendrocalamus prainiana Varmah & Bahadur; Dendrocalamus strictus var. prainianus Gamble
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees
- Common name : Male bamboo, Solid bamboo
- Vernacular name :
- Kania bans, Manvel, Mes, Velu (Marathi)
- Cheriyamula, Kalmula, Illi, Kallanmula, Kalmunjil, Karimkarana, Karingalimula, Karikana, Mula (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Deciduous forests, also grown in the plains
- Comments / notes : Often on hills to about 400-1000m. Occasional on slopes.
- Key identification features : Flowers sporadic every year
- Flower, Fruit : October-March
- Collector(s) Name : T.P.Ramamoorthy, K.N.Gandhi; Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 3-4-1972, 6-11-1976
- Collection Nos : HFP 2691, SJC 19242
- Collection Locality : Nagpuri, Hassan district; Bhagvathi, Uttara Kannada district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Vizianagaram district, Visakhapatnam district, Kurnool district, West Godavari district, East Godavari district, Anantapur district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, Chittoor district
- Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Kolar district, Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district, Davanagere district, Dharwad district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Throughout Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Gujarat : Saputara
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit, Subansiri
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- L. Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 283
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dendrocalamus strictus
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dendrocalamus strictus. Downloaded on 12 February 2026.
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