Dendrocalamus brandisii (Munro) Kurz

• Habit
• Culms: caespitose
• Culm Diameter: 13 - 20 cm
• Culm Internode Length: 30 - 38 cm
• Wall thickness: Thick-walled
• Height: 19 - 33 meter

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• Identification Features: Culm Color greenish gray, with aerial roots from the nodes, Culm-internodes terete; Culm-sheaths 40-60 cm long, with white hairs, auriculate; Leaves: lanceolate, 20-30 cm long; 25-50 mm wide; Inflorescence a huge branched panicle with long spicate flagelliform branches, Fertile spikelets sessile; Fruit: Caryopsis with crustaceous pericarp, ovoid, 2.5-4 mm long.
• Flowering Cycle:
• Distribution: India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Manipur), China, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam.
• Altitude: Up to 1300 meter
• Spacing for Cultivation:10 x 10 meter
• Uses: Building and Construction, Edible shoots, Furniture, Handicrafts