Gigantochloa nigrociliata (Buse) Kurz

• Habit
• Culms: Caespitose
• Culm Diameter: 3 - 6 cm
• Culm Internode Length: 20 - 35 cm
• Wall thickness: Thin-walled
• Height: 15 - 20 meter

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• Identification Features: Culms are dark green when young, yellowish green when mature, nodal ring prominent; Culm-sheaths tardily deciduous, 11-18.5 cm long, hispid with appressed dark brown hairs auriculate, with 2-4 mm high auricles; Leaves are lanceolate, 19.5-35 cm long, 2.5-4.5 cm wide, hairy abaxially; Inflorescence panicle of spicate verticilis, Spikelets oval lanceolate; Fruit a Caryopsis with adherent pericarp, lanceolate, 1.5 cm long, hairy at apex.
• Flowering Cycle: 38 – 40 Years
• Distribution: India (Andaman Islands), Bangladesh, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnan
• Altitude: Up to 600 meter
• Uses: Handicrafts, Household items, Edible shoots, Medicinal uses