Chimonocalamus burmaensis

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 200–300 cm long; 7–8 mm diam.; woody; with root thorns from the nodes. Culm-internodes terete; 14–21 cm long; dark green; smooth; distally glabrous. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 1. Branch complement three, or several; in an irregular line. Culm-sheaths 7.5–8 cm long; 3 times as long as wide; chartaceous; pubescent; hairy at the base; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high; ciliate. Culm-sheath blade triangular; reflexed; 0.5 cm long. Leaves 4–9 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; erect; 4–7 mm long; pale. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.5 mm long. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades deciduous at the ligule; lanceolate; 4.5–10.5 cm long; 5–9 mm wide; light green. Leaf-blade venation with 4–6 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface pubescent; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: Indo-China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Chao & Renv. 2002.

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