Perennial scandent bamboo with culms to 4m, glabrous culm-sheaths to 250mm long, hairy on margins, scabrid culm-sheath blade to 40mm long, glabrous leaves to 85mm x 13mm. Panicles to 90mm long fertile spikelets to 5.7mm long, sterile lemma to 3.3mm long, coriaceous fertile lemma to 5mm lon