Gigantochloa atroviolacea Widjaja
- Habit
- Culms: Caespitose
- Culm Diameter: 6 - 8 cm
- Culm Internode Length: 40 - 50 cm
- Wall thickness: Thin-walled
- Height: 6 - 12 meter
- Identification Features: Culm Color purple, distally pubescent, nodes with whitish ring; Culm-sheaths deciduous, 16-20 cm long, hispid with appressed dark brown hairs, auriculate; Leaves lanceolate, 20-28 cm long; Inflorescence spikelets upto 18 in a cluster, ovate-lanceolate; Fruit Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
- Flowering Cycle:
- Distribution: India (West Bengal) Malaysia, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, China
- Spacing for Cultivation:8 x 7 meter
- Uses: Building and Construction, Furniture, Handicrafts, Traditional musical instruments, Landscaping