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Dendrocalamus longispathus

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FamilyLiliopsida:Commelinidae:Cyperales:Gramineae
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Ecocrop code5235



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BRIEF DESCRIPTION
A large tufted bamboo with culms reachin 13-20 m in height and 7.5-10 cm in diameter.

GROWING PERIOD
Perennial bamboo.

COMMON NAMES
Khang, Ora, Waya, Wanet, Talagu-wa.

FURTHER INF
Khang is native of Myanmar. Bamboos grow between the latitudes 40°N and S. Though the big bamboo forests usually occur between 15-25°N and S.
Sources
SOURCES (D. longispathus Kurz.)
Troup R 1921 pp 1009 [DRA, FER, TEXT]
Roecklein J 1987 pp 427 [USE]
Duke J 1975 pp 14 [PH, RAIN, TEMP]
Hassan M 1988 pp 505-513 [RAIN, TEMP, SAL, DRA, TEXT, PH, DEP]