Gigantochloa bastareana

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms 600–1000 cm long; 50 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 28 cm long. Culm-nodes pubescent. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 1. Branch complement one. Culm-sheaths 22–32 cm long; 0.5–0.66 length of internode; yellow; pilose; with tawny hairs; auriculate; with 1–2 mm high auricles; with 20 mm wide auricles; glabrous on shoulders, or ciliate on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 10 mm high; fimbriate. Culm-sheath blade triangular; 8–12 cm long; 40–50 mm wide; with ciliate margins. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base broadly rounded; asymmetrical; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.2 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate, or ovate; 5–30 cm long; 10–30 mm wide. Leaf-blade midrib conspicuous. Leaf-blade venation with 12–18 secondary veins; without cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: India.

NOTES Bambuseae. Naithani 2011.

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