Gigantochloa andamanica (Kurz) Kurz

• Habit
• Culms: caespitose
• Culm Internode Length: 40 - 50 cm
• Wall thickness: Thin-walled
• Height: 9 meter

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• Identification Features: Culms are glaucous-green, sometimes striped, nodes scarcely thickened, hairy; Culm-sheaths 10 to 20 cm long, upto 20 cm broad, narrowed upwards, green, densely covered with appressed dark-brown hairs, ciliate on the margins; leaves lanceolate, leaf blades 15-25 cm long; Inflorescence a leafy panicle, spikelets 1.5-2.5 cm long, linear, sharply subulate; Fruit caryopsis narrow, linear, rounded above and minutely pubescent, style persistent
• Flowering Cycle: 38–40 Years
• Distribution: India (Andaman Islands)
• Uses: Handicrafts, Household items, Edible shoots, Medicine