Gigantochloa scortechinii

Botanical Description

Gigantochloa scortechinii is an evergreen, perennial clump-forming bamboo that can grow 10 - 20 metres tall. The erect, thin-walled, woody culms are 60 - 120mm in diameter with internodes up to 60cm 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. , 992 Title The Gardens' Bulletin Vol. 16 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/Default.aspx Publisher The Botanic Gardens; Singapore Year 1958 ISBN Description A botanical journal - this issue includes a treatment of the Bamboos in Malaya and the Myristicaceae in Malaya. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. This species is the commonest and most used bamboo of Peninsular Malaysia, where the culms are frequently harvested for a wide range of applications. Commonly harvested from the wild, the plant is also sometimes cultivated in and around villages[ 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. ]. Due to the abundance and ubiquity of the species in the forest, in Peninsular Malaysia plantations of Gigantochloa scortechinii do not exist[ 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. ].