Poaceae FAMILY

Schizostachyum lima

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Schizostachyum lima is an evergreen bamboo, forming a dense clump of culms 8 - 13 metres tall from short, woody rhizomes. The erect stems are pendulous at the tip, the thin-walled culms can be 30 - 40cm in diameter, with internodes around 100cm long[ 861 Title Industrial Fiber Plants of the Philippines Publication Philippine Bureau of Education, Bulletin No. 49 Author Muller T. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Philippine Bureau of Education; Manila. Year 1913 ISBN Description An early guide to the fibre-producing plants of the Philippines. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of food and materials. Both the plant and its products are widely traded in local markets, and the planty is often cultivated in New Guinea[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Indonesia, Philippines to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

HabitatForest, forest margins, along rivers or river banks, or spontaneously on roadsides, wasteland or near villages; at elevations up to 700 metres[ 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. ].