Melocalamus mastersii

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms scandent; 500–850 cm long; 15–25 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths persistent. Leaves 6–9 per branch. Leaf-sheaths striately veined; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 1–6 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.5 mm long. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.4 cm long; petiole glabrous, or pubescent. Leaf-blades oblong; 20–26 cm long; 30–40 mm wide; chartaceous; mid-green and glaucous; discolorous with last colour beneath. Leaf-blade venation with 20–24 secondary veins; without cross veins. Leaf-blade surface puberulous; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: India.

NOTES Bambuseae. Gamble 2002.

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