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Schizostachyum jaculans

Botanic Family

Poaceae

Author

Holttum

Common Names

• Ling nan si lao zhu (Pinyin)
• Buloh Sumpitan (Malay)
• Buloh Tĕmiang (Malay)
• Buloh Kasap (Malay)
• Buloh Tikus (Malay)

Geographical Habitats

• Hainan - China
• Malaysia
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Primary & secondary forest
• lowland

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Apically clambering or pendulous bamboo, culms to 7m, culm sheaths to 300mm long with copious brown hairs, leaves to 300mm x 50mm hairy beneath, leafless flower branches with spikelets in dense tufts at nodes & mucronate glabrous bracts to 6mm long

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• GBS
• Kew