Gigantochloa balui

Botanical Description

Gigantochloa balui is a perennial, evergreen, clump-forming bamboo usually growing 10 - 12 metres tall. The thin-walled, erect, woody culms are 60 - 80mm in diameter with internodes 20 - 40cm 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 plant is cultivated for food and as a source of materials in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.