Pseudosasa japonica (Steud.) Makino ex Nakai
- Habit
- Culms: Tufted
- Culm Diameter: 1 - 2 cm
- Culm Internode Length: 15 - 30 cm
- Wall thickness: Thin-walled
- Height: 3 - 5 meter
- Identification Features: Culms are glabrous, terete; Culm-sheaths persistent, pilose, without auricles; Leaves lanceolate, 8-35 cm long, 1-4.5 cm wide; Inflorescence a panicle, Spikelets solitary, Fertile spikelets pedicelled; Caryopsis with adherent pericarp, ovoid.
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- Distribution: India (Meghalaya, West Bengal), China
- Uses: Ornamental
Arundinaria japonica siebold & Zucc.ex Steud.,Bambusa japonica (Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud.) G.Nicholson, Arundinaria metake G. Nicholson, Sasa japonica (Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud.) Makino, Yadakeya japonica (Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud.) Makino, Bambusa mete Siebert & Voss, Arundinaria usawae Hayata, Pleioblastus usawae (Hayata) Ohwi, Sasa japonica f. hakonensis I.Tsuboi, Pseudosasa japonica var. flavovariegata Makino, Pseudosasa japonica f. flavovariegata (Makino) Muroi in J.Sugimoto, Pseudosasa japonica var. purpurascens Nakai, Pseudosasa japonica var. tsutsumiana Yanagita, Pseudosasa japonica f. variegata Muroi in J.Sugimoto, Pseudosasa japonica f. akebono H.Okamura in H.Muroi & H.Okamura, Pseudosasa japonica f. akebonosuzi H.Okamura in H.Muroi & H.Okamura
Remarks: Introduced to India as ornamental species.
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