Fargesia nagalandiana

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 300–700 cm long; 15–25 mm diam.; woody; with root thorns from the nodes. Culm-internodes terete; 7–15 cm long; dark green. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths 22 cm long; 2 times as long as wide; chartaceous; hispid; with tawny hairs; hairy on margins; truncate at apex; auriculate; ciliate on shoulders. Culm-sheath blade triangular; 0.5–1.5 cm long; with ciliate margins. Leaf-sheaths striately veined; smooth; glabrous on surface; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.2 cm long. Leaf-blades elliptic; 7–20 cm long; 17–28 mm wide. Leaf-blade midrib prominent beneath. Leaf-blade venation with 10–14 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface smooth; glabrous, or puberulous; hairy adaxially. Leaf-blade margins scaberulous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: India.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Naithani 2007.

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