Poaceae FAMILY
Schizostachyum grande
Schizostachyum grande
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Schizostachyum grande is an evergreen bamboo producing an open clump of culms 3 - 20 metres long from short, woody rhizomes. The thin-walled, woody culms are erect when young, later drooping to the ground or leaning on nearby vegetation; they are 5 - 12cm in diameter with internodes 50 - 90cm long[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - southern Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia.
HabitatA very common gregarious bamboos of open places in foothills of Peninsular Malaysia, at elevations above 400 metres, occasionally to 1,000 metres. Found on forest edges at elevations around 50 metres in the north of its range[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].