Dendrocalamus asper (Schult.& Schult. f.) Backer ex Heyne
- Habit
- Culms: Caespitose
- Culm Diameter: 12 cm
- Culm Internode Length: 40 - 50 cm
- Wall thickness:
- Height: 15 - 20 meter
- Identification Features: Buds or branches present on lower quarter of culm; Culm-sheaths deciduous, 40-50 cm long, pale green, pubescent, with dark brown hairs, auriculate, Culm-sheath 25 cm long; Leaves lanceolate; 15-30 cm long.
- Flowering Cycle:
- Distribution: India, Bangladesh, China and Malaysia
- Altitude: 1000 - 1500 meter
- Spacing for Cultivation:7 x 7 meter
- Uses: Edible shoots, Furniture, Handicrafts
Synonym of Dendrocalamus asper
Taxon identifiers:
Arundarbor aspera Rumph, Arundarbor bifung (Schult.) Kuntze, Arundo aspera (Schult.f.) Oken, Arundo piscatoria Lour., . Calamagrostis piscatoria (Lour.) Steud, Bambusa aspera Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes,Gigantochloa aspera (Schult.f.) Kurz, Sinocalamus flagellifer T.Q.Nguyen, Bambusa bitung Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes,Schizostachyum bitung (Schult.f.) Steud , Bambusa flagellifera Griff. ex Munro, Dendrocalamus flagellifer Munro, Schizostachyum loriforme Munro, Dendrocalamus asper f. niger Hildebr.
Remarks: Cultivated in India.
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