Gigantochloa pubipetiolata

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; pendulous at the tip; 1500 cm long; 60–80 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 40–50 cm long; distally glabrous, or pubescent. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths deciduous; 11–12.5 cm long; hispid; with dark brown hairs; auriculate; with 3 mm high auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with 4–6 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 5 mm high; lacerate. Culm-sheath blade ovate; constricted at base; erect; 11–14.5 cm long; 25–30 mm wide; pubescent. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 3 mm long; erose. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole pubescent. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 23.3–37.5 cm long; 42–63 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: Malesia.

NOTES Bambuseae. Widjaja 2002.

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