Himalayacalamus falconeri (Hook.f. ex Munro) Keng f.
- Habit
- Culms: Caespitose
- Culm Diameter: 1.5 - 2 cm
- Culm Internode Length: 20 - 35 cm
- Wall thickness: Thin-walled
- Height: 4 - 5 meter
- Identification Features: clump-forming thornless bamboo, covered with white scurf when old, striate; Culm-sheaths 20-30 cm long, chartaceous, yellow, pubescent, truncate at apex; Leaves linear or oblong, 7-15 cm long; 1.2-2 cm wide, dark green; Inflorescence composed of racemes; subtended by a spatheole, Fertile spikelets pedicelled; Caryopsis with adherent pericarp, oblong, sulcate on hilar side, apex unappendaged.
- Flowering Cycle: 30 years
- Distribution: India (Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Bhutan, China, Nepal
- Altitude: 1800 - 2400 meter
- Uses: Edible shoots, Handicrafts, Mats, Cattle fodder, Ornamental Uses
Vernacular names of Himalayacalamus falconeri
Taxon identifiers:
Deo-ringal, Dev-ringal, Ningal (Garhwal); Singhane, Maling (Darjeeling); Pao-muarg, Purnoon (Sikkim), Phurse, Dueorenigalo (West Bengal)
Synonym of Himalayacalamus falconeriBambusa fistulosa Royle ex Munro, Bambusa floribunda Munro, Thamnocalamus falconeri Hook.f. ex Munro, Arundinaria falconeri (Hook.f. ex Munro) Duthie, Arundarbor falconeri (Hook.f. ex Munro) Kuntze, Drepanostachyum falconeri (Hook.f. ex Munro) J.J.N.Campb. Arundinaria nobilis Mitford, Fargesia gyirongensis T.P.Yi, Himalayacalamus gyirongensis (T.P.Yi) Ohrnb.
Flowering Reported: Sikkim (1846), Garhwal and Kumaon Hills (1876, 1924, 1954) Simla (1897-1900, 1914-1915, 1972, 1983)
Remarks: Reported from Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
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