Schizostachyum iraten

Botanical Description

Schizostachyum iraten is an evergreen bamboo, forming a dense clump of culms 6 - 10 metres tall from short, woody rhizomes. The erect, thin-walled, woody culms are drooping at the tips; they are 2 - 5cm in diameter with internodes 70 - 120cm 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials. They are sometimes traded locally[ 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 future of Schizostachyum iraten is in danger. In Java, its occurrence in the wild is threatened with extinction and germplasm collection is urgently needed[ 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 has not yet been evaluated in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.