Poaceae FAMILY

Schizostachyum blumei

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Schizostachyum blumei is an evergreen bamboo producing a dense clump of culms 3 - 7 metres tall from short, woody rhizomes. The thin-walled, woody culms can be erect or arching, with a pendulous tip; they are 10 - 20mm in diameter with internodes 30 - 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. ]. The culms are often harvested from the wild for their range of uses. They are traded in local markets and the plant is occasionally cultivated[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatLowland forest, often along rivers and in hill dipterocarp forest; forest margins and in lowland wasteland along roads; at elevations up to 800 metres[ 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. ].