Bambusa ooh

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 100 mm diam.; woody; without nodal roots. Culm-internodes terete; 25–75 cm long. Lateral branches dendroid. Culm-sheaths tardily deciduous; hispid; with dark brown hairs; auriculate; with 8 mm high auricles; with 25–37 mm wide auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with 20 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 3–4 mm high; lacerate. Culm-sheath blade triangular; erect; pubescent. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 3–4 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate; 1 mm long; obtuse. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 12–30 cm long; 25–40 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface pubescent; sparsely hairy.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: Malesia.

NOTES Bambuseae. Widjaja 2006.

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