Dinochloa andamanica

Botanical Description

Dinochloa andamanica is a vigorous, evergreen, clump-forming bamboo with prostrate or scandent zig-zag culms that creep along the ground, rooting at the nodes, or climb over tall trees. The woody stems are thin-walled, 20 - 30 metres long and 25mm in diameter with internodes 23 - 46cm long[ 361 Title Bamboos of India: A Compendium Publication Author Seethalakshmi K.K., Muktesh Kumar M.S. Website http://www.inbar.int/publication/txt/tr17/default.htm Publisher Brill. Year 2002 ISBN 8186247254 Description A very good book giving botanical descriptions of the plants with brief notes on subjects such as uses, habitat and range. It is also available to view on the Internet. , 633 Title Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Vol. 7 Publication Author Gamble J.S. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Bengal Secretariat Press; Calcutta. Year 1896 ISBN Description A very comprehensive listing of the bamboos of India, as they were known at the end of the 19th Century. Includes some information on plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for lcal use as a rope substitute.