Schizostachyum blumei
Nees
Tamiyang bamboo
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
A bamboo. It has short rhizomes. The stems are erect and arching over. They hang down at the tip. They are 3-7 m tall and 1-2 cm across. The internodes are 30 cm long. The sheaths on the stems are sword shaped or curved back. They have white hairs. The leaves are sword shaped and dark green. The flowers are in untidy tufts at the nodes.
Edible Uses
The young shoots are eaten.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in lowland forests and up to 800 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Asia, Indochina, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, SE Asia,
Cultivation
Plants can be grown from rhizomes or by division of the clump.
Other Uses
The long slender culms are used for making fishing rods and traditional flutes.
Also Known As
Bambu joran pancing, Bambu tamiyang, Buloh telur, Buloh jalur, Buloh seminiyan, Buloh awi rebong, Pulu bulu poren
References (3)
- A Rapid Participatory Biodiversity Assessment. 2007, Southern Lao PDR. IUCN p 42
- Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 2 (I-Z) p 2012 (As Schizostachyum longispiculatum)
- Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 849
