Bambusa majumdarii

HABIT Perennial; caespitose; clumped loosely. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 1000 cm long; 50–80 mm diam.; woody; without nodal roots. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 30–45 cm long; light green; distally pruinose. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement three; with 1 branch dominant. Culm-sheaths deciduous; 19–20 cm long; 0.5–0.7 times as long as wide; brown; pubescent; with appressed hairs; with dark brown hairs, or black hairs; convex at apex; auriculate; with 10 mm high auricles; with 25–35 mm wide auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with 5 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 2 mm high; dentate. Culm-sheath blade triangular; erect; 7 cm long; 120 mm wide; with ciliate margins. Leaves cauline; 5–6 per branch. Leaf-sheaths keeled; striately veined; glabrous on surface; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 10 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1–2 mm long. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.2 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 9–29 cm long; 15–42 mm wide. Leaf-blade midrib conspicuous. Leaf-blade venation with 16–20 secondary veins. Leaf-blade surface pilose; hairy abaxially. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: India.

NOTES Bambuseae. Kumari & Singh 2011.

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