Phyllostachys mannii

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Phyllostachys mannii Gamble

  • Habit
  • Culms: Caespitose
  • Culm Diameter: 10 - 20 cm
  • Culm Internode Length: 20 cm
  • Wall thickness: Thin-walled
  • Height: 10 - 12 meter
  • Identification Features: Culms with prominent nodes, green or yellow coloured; Rhizomes elongated, leptomorph; Culm-nodes glabrous; Culm-sheaths 15-25 cm long, hispid, with appressed or erect black hairs, without auricles; Leaves lanceolate, 8-12 cm long, 1.2-1.6 cm wide, glaucous; Inflorescences is panicle, bractiferous, fasciculate, with spathaceous subtending bracts; Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
  • Flowering Cycle:
  • Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland), China, Myanmar
  • Altitude: 1500 meter
  • Uses: Walking sticks
Vernacular names of Phyllostachys mannii

U-seij naka (Khasi).

Synonym of Phyllostachys mannii

Phyllostachys sedan E.G.Camus, Phyllostachys assamica Gamble ex Brandis, Phyllostachys bawa E.G. camus, Phyllostachys decora McClure, Phyllostachys decora McClure, Phyllostachys helva T.H.Wen, Phyllostachys bambusoides sensu Gamble

Remarks: Reported from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland.

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