Holttumochloa pubescens

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms 46 mm diam.; woody; without nodal roots. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement many; with subequal branches. Leaves cauline. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate; 2–3 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; 0.1–1.5 mm long. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.1–0.15 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 5–11 cm long; 4–10 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface puberulous; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: Malesia.

NOTES Bambuseae. Wong 2002.

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