Sinarundinaria falcata (Nees) C.S.Chao & Renvoize

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Basionym : Arundinaria falcata Nees
  • Synonym(s) : Arundinaria interrupta Trin.; Arundinaria utilis Cleghorn; Bambusa gracilis Rivière & C.Rivière; Chimonobambusa falcata (Nees) Nakai; Drepanostachyum falcatum var. glomeratum (Gamble) Pandey ex D.N.Tewari; Drepanostachyum falcatum var. sengteeanum Stapleton; Drepanostachyum gracile (Blanch.) S.Kumar; Fargesia falcata (Nees) T.P.Yi; Ludolfia falcata (Nees) Nees ex Munro; Pleioblastus falcatus (Nees) T.Q.Nguyen; Thamnocalamus ringala Falc. ex Munro
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Drepanostachyum falcatum (Nees) Keng f.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Slopes and ridges, generally on moist shady places as moderately dense undergrowth in evergreen forests of oak, chir pine, deodar, and rhododendron sp.; 1500 - 2100 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : It is economically an important hill bamboo species used for basketry.
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : West and Central Himalaya to Indo-China and Brazil
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 274
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sinarundinaria falcata. Downloaded on 4 December 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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