Poaceae FAMILY

Cephalostachyum capitatum

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cephalostachyum capitatum is a perennial, evergreen, clump-forming bamboo with a short rhizome. The culms, which can be leaning, or scandent, are 4 - 10 metres long, 25 - 30mm in diameter with thin-walled internodes 60 - 100cm long. The culms are harvested from the wild for local use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - India, Bangladesh, Myanmar.

HabitatForms dense thickets on hillsides at elevations from 600 - 2,400 metres in Sikkim[ 633 Title Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Vol. 7 Publication Author Gamble J.S. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Bengal Secretariat Press; Calcutta. Year 1896 ISBN Description A very comprehensive listing of the bamboos of India, as they were known at the end of the 19th Century. Includes some information on plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].