Grass Week: Phyllostachys pubescens from Arunachal Pradesh

[Ritesh Kumar Choudhary]

Dear all,

Phyllostachys pubescens Mazel ex J. Huoz. for you

Locality: Ziro, Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh.

Date: July 2005.

Note: Apologies! I dont have the photographs of the rhizome and culm sheath.

Regards,
Ritesh.

[Pankaj Kumar]

Phyllostachys pubescens Mazel ex Lehaie Le Bambou i. 7, 97 (1906).

Thanks for sharing. Couldnt find much on thsi except that its called
Quadrangular Bamboo, most probably the stem is not cylindrical.
Pankaj

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