Dendrocalamus giganteus Munro

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Sinocalamus giganteus (Munro) Keng f.; Bambusa gigantea Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dendrocalamus giganteus Munro
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Comments / notes : India, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar; Cultivated in gardens
  • Key identification features : Large bamboos; internodes drooping above; Culm sheaths covered with golden- brown hairs without; imperfect limb lanceolate, decurrent into two narrow wavy auricles; Inflorescence large panicle; spikelets in lax, small heads, ovate-acute, many flowered.
  • Flower, Fruit : October-April
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Kolhapur district, Pune district
    • Uttarakhand : Dehradun
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 282
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dendrocalamus giganteus. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.

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