Bambusa rangaensis

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms geniculately ascending; 500–1000 cm long; 20–35 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 15–35 cm long; yellow to light green; distally glabrous. Lateral branches dendroid. Culm-sheaths deciduous; 10–18 cm long; 1.3 times as long as wide; glabrous; convex at apex; auriculate; with 10 mm high auricles; ciliate on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high. Culm-sheath blade triangular; erect; 10–18 cm long; 35–50 mm wide; pubescent. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 15 mm long; pale. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.5 mm long; erose. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base symmetrical; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades linear, or lanceolate; 10–16 cm long; 15–25 mm wide; mid-green and grey-green; discolorous with last colour beneath. Leaf-blade midrib conspicuous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex attenuate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: India.

NOTES Bambuseae. Borthakur & Barooah 2009.

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