Dendrocalamus suberosus

HABIT Perennial. Culms 600–800 cm long; 40–70 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 22–43 cm long; distally glabrous. Culm-nodes flush with internodes. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several; with 1 branch dominant. Culm-sheaths deciduous but leaving a persistent girdle; hispid; with tawny hairs; glabrous on margins; truncate at apex, or convex at apex; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1.5 mm high. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; reflexed. Leaves 5–7 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.5 mm long; truncate. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades elliptic; 9–32 cm long; 20–55 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation with 14–20 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface puberulous; hairy on both sides.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Bambuseae. Lin & Wu 2011.

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