Pleioblastus kodzumae

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms 200–300 cm long; 10–15 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; yellow, or light green; distally glabrous. Culm-nodes glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement three; thinner than stem. Culm-sheaths glabrous. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Ligule an eciliate membrane, or a ciliolate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 18–24 cm long; 20–28 mm wide; coriaceous. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: eastern Asia.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Ind Jap Bam 2002.

Please cite this publication as detailed in How to Cite Version: 3rd February 2016.