Poaceae FAMILY

Thamnocalamus spathiflorus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Thamnocalamus spathiflorus is a clump-forming, evergreen bamboo that can grow 3 - 4metres tall, occasionally to 5.5 metres; the erect, woody culms are 10 - 20mm in diameter with thin-walled internodes 15 - 18cm long[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant spreads slowly by means of short rhizomes, eventually forming quite a large, dense clump. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials. It is grown as an ornamental, where it can be used as a hedge and screen.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Himalayan regions of India, Nepal and Tibet

HabitatForming thickets in damp sites in cedar, oak and fir forests; at elevations up to 3,600 metres[ 51 Title Flowers of the Himalayas. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Publisher Oxford Universtiy Press Year 1984 ISBN - Description A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses. , 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. Prefers growing on steeply sloping sites[ 220 Title Bamboos of Nepal Publication Author Stapleton. C. Publisher The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Year 1994 ISBN 0947643680 Description An excelllent little booklet that looks in some detail at the native bamboos of Nepal, including looking at their uses. ]. Coniferous and mixed subalpine forests; at elevations from 2,500 - 2,900 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].