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Poaceae FAMILY

Kinabaluchloa nebulosa

Kinabaluchloa nebulosa

Edibility
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Medicinal
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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Kinabaluchloa nebulosa is an evergreen, perennial, clump-forming bamboo growing 7 - 20 metres tall. The thin-walled, woody culms are 15 - 25mm in diameter with internodes 40 - 105cm long. Erect at the base, the culms become leaning and often become entangled in the tree crowns[ 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. , 1016 Title Four New Genera of Bamboos (Gramineae: Bambusoideae) from Malesia Publication Kew Bulletin Vol 48, No. 3 pp 517 - 532 Author Wong K.M. Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/4118719 Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; London Year 1993 ISBN Description Several new bamboo species are described. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for making traditional musical instruments.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Borneo (Sabah, Brunei)
HabitatAn understorey plant in lower montane forest[ 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. ].