Gigantochloa albociliata (Munro) Kurz

• Habit
• Culms: Caespitose
• Culm Diameter: 1.2 - 2.5 cm
• Culm Internode Length: 15 - 38 cm
• Wall thickness: Thick-walled
• Height: 6 - 10 meter

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• Identification Features: Culm Colorgrayish-green, with white stripes, distally hispid, internodes terete; Culm sheaths 10-20 cm long, pubescent, with appressed tawny hairs; Leaves linear-lanceolate, 15-20 cm long, petiole short; Inflorescence a large spreading panicle of spicate branchlets; Fruit a Caryopsis with adherent pericarp, elongate, oblong, cylindrical and acuminate.
• Flowering Cycle: 30 Years
• Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, West Bengal), Bangladesh, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
• Uses: Edible shoots