Poaceae FAMILY

Drepanostachyum falcatum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Drepanostachyum falcatum is an evergreen, clump-forming bamboo with woody stems that can be around 200 - 350cm tall and 7 - 15mm in diameter. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials. Baskets and other products made from the canes are often sold in local markets. It is often planted within its native range, both to provide material for basket making and also to stabilize the slopes of terraces etc. It is also often grown as an ornamental.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Himalayas from Pakistan to Nepal.

HabitatForms dense thickets in evergreen oak forests that are usually damp, at elevsations up to 3,600 metres[ 11 Title Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Vol 1 - 4 and Supplement. Publication Author Bean. W. Publisher Murray Year 1981 ISBN - Description A classic with a wealth of information on the plants, but poor on pictures. , 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. ].