Thyrsostachys oliveri Gamble

• Habit
• Culms: Caespitose
• Culm Diameter: 5 - 7 cm
• Culm Internode Length: 40 - 60 cm
• Wall thickness: Thin-walled
• Height: 15 - 25 meter

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• Identification Features: Culm bright green with whitish silky surface when young, dull green or yellowish on maturity, internodes terete; Culm-sheaths persistent, chartaceous, pubescent, hairy throughout, with white hairs, without auricles; Leaves deciduous, lanceolate, 17-20 cm long, 1.2-1.8 cm wide; Inflorescence a large compound curved, thyrsoid panicle; Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
• Flowering Cycle: 48 - 50 years
• Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal), China, Myanmar
• Spacing for Cultivation:5 x 5 meter
• Uses: Construction, Handicrafts, Edible shoots, Canning, Poles