Gigantochloa rostrata

Botanical Description

Gigantochloa rostrata is an evergreen, perennial, loosely clump-forming bamboo growing 4 - 8 metres tall. The thick-walled, erect, woody culms are 20 - 35mm in diameter with internodes 15 - 30cm long[ 361 Title Bamboos of India: A Compendium Publication Author Seethalakshmi K.K., Muktesh Kumar M.S. Website http://www.inbar.int/publication/txt/tr17/default.htm Publisher Brill. Year 2002 ISBN 8186247254 Description A very good book giving botanical descriptions of the plants with brief notes on subjects such as uses, habitat and range. It is also available to view on the Internet. ]. The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials. It is also sometimes cultivated.