Sasa hibaconuca

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated; leptomorph. Culms erect; slender; 60–80 cm long; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; distally pubescent; with reflexed hairs. Lateral branches lacking. Culm-sheaths persistent; pilose. Leaf-sheaths puberulous. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate; spreading. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate, or oblong; 15–29 cm long; 22–40 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: eastern Asia.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Ind Jap Bam 2002.

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