Gigantochloa parvifolia

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Gigantochloa parvifolia (Gamble) T.Q.Nguyen

  • Habit
  • Culms: caespitose
  • Culm Diameter: 7.6 cm
  • Wall thickness:
  • Identification Features: Culm-internodes terete; Culm-sheaths 20-25 cm long, pubescent with appressed tawny hairs, truncate at apex; Leaves lanceolate, 7-12 cm long, 1.2 cm wide; Inflorescence bractiferous, clustered at the nodes, dense; Fruit Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
  • Flowering Cycle:
  • Distribution: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Uses:
Vernacular names of Gigantochloa parvifolia

Tseikdoo-mindoo (Burmese)

Synonym of Gigantochloa parvifolia

Oxytenanthera parvifolia Brandis ex Gamble, Pseudoxytenanthera parvifolia (Brandis ex Gamble) T.Q.Nguyen

Remarks: Reported from Assam, Mizoram. probably cultivated.

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