Poaceae FAMILY

Dinochloa scandens

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dinochloa scandens is an evergreen, clump-forming bamboo producing freely-branched, scrambling, zig-zag stems that can be 30 metres or more long. These woody stems, 8 - 30mm in diameter can climb into surrounding trees or scramble over the ground to form a dense tangled mass[ 360 Title Philippine Medicinal Plants Publication Author Website http://www.stuartxchange.org/CompleteList.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A lovely site, giving brief details on the medicinal uses of several hundred (over 400 at the last count) plants in the Philippines, plus a picture of each plant. , 992 Title The Gardens' Bulletin Vol. 16 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/Default.aspx Publisher The Botanic Gardens; Singapore Year 1958 ISBN Description A botanical journal - this issue includes a treatment of the Bamboos in Malaya and the Myristicaceae in Malaya. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatScattered in lowland and hill dipterocarp forest, climbing into trees and forming dense thickets at ground level; at elevations up to 1,200 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. ].