Scandent perennial bamboo, vining to 1m with short rhizomes. Culm sheaths to 55mm long. Glabrous or pubescent leaf blades 70mm x 14mm. Panicles to 110mm long, spikelets to 11.2mm long, lower glumes 3mm long, upper glumes 5mm long, fertile lemma 0.2mm long, 3 lodicules.