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Chusquea abietifolia

Botanic Family

Poaceae

Author

Grisebach

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cuba
• Hispaniola
• Jamaica
• Puerto Rico
• Trinidad & Tobago

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• montane thickets
• woodland

Flowering Times

• Nov-Apr (Jamaica)

Fruiting Times

Small creeping or climbing bamboo to 2m forming dense mats. Leaves 30mm x 3mm. Panicles to 50mm long, spikelets to 7mm long, sterile flowers to 7mm long, fertile pubescent ciliate at apex flowers to 6.5mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• Kew, BMJ
• SAFIO