Bambusa assamica

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 500–1200 cm long; 15–30 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 15–40 cm long; mid-green; distally pruinose. Lateral branches dendroid. Buds or branches present on lower quarter of culm. Culm-sheaths 8–16 cm long; 1.3 times as long as wide; green; glabrous; convex at apex; auriculate; with 10 mm high auricles. Culm-sheath ligule 0.5–1 mm high; entire. Culm-sheath blade triangular; 6–15 cm long; 50–80 mm wide; pubescent; acuminate. Leaf-sheaths pruinose; glabrous on surface, or pubescent. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 10–16 mm long; pale. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane; erose. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base asymmetrical; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades persistent, or deciduous at the ligule; lanceolate; 10–24 cm long; 25–40 mm wide. Leaf-blade midrib conspicuous. Leaf-blade venation with 16–20 secondary veins. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex attenuate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: India.

NOTES Bambuseae. Barooah & Borthakur 2009.

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