Bambusa fimbriligulata

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 600 cm long; 30 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; distally hispid. Culm-nodes flush with internodes. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths deciduous; hispid; with tawny hairs; auriculate; ciliate on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1.5 mm high; ciliolate. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; deciduous; erect; scabrid. Leaves cauline. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs scanty. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; truncate. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades oblong; 13–17 cm long; 14–28 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation without cross veins, or with obscure cross veins. Leaf-blade surface puberulous; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Bambuseae. Chia & Fung 2002.

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