Dendrocalamus latiflorus

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Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro

  • Habit
  • Culms: Caespitose
  • Culm Diameter: 15 cm
  • Wall thickness: Thin-walled
  • Identification Features: Culm-sheaths 25-30 cm long, brown, hispid, with black appressed hairs; Leaves oblong, 18-25 cm long, 3-7.5 cm wide; Inflorescence clustered at the nodes in globose clusters; fruit is a Caryopsis with adherent pericarp
  • Flowering Cycle:
  • Distribution: India (Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland), Yunnan, Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam.
  • Uses:
Vernacular names of Dendrocalamus latiflorus

Hava, Kaha (Tangkhul); Gomi (Kuki, Paite); Maribob (Manipuri).

Synonym of Dendrocalamus latiflorus

Sinocalamus latiflorus (Munro) McClure, Dendrocalamus latiflorus var. lagenarius W.C.Lin, Sinocalamus latiflorus var. magnus T.H.Wen, Dendrocalamus latiflorus var. magnus (T.H.Wen) T.H.Wen

Remarks: Reported from Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram.

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