Bambusa mollis

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; nodding at the tip; 500–800 cm long; 25–35 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; 35–40 cm long; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths deciduous; glabrous; convex at apex; auriculate; with unequal auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with curved hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high; entire. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate, or narrowly ovate; deciduous; erect. Leaves cauline. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 11–16 cm long; 15–20 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface pubescent; 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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