Schizostachyum lumampao

Botanical Description

Schizostachyum lumampao is an evergreen bamboo, forming dense clumps of culms 10 - 15 metres tall from short, woody rhizomes. The thin-walled, woody culms can be erect or arching; they are 4 - 8cm in diameter with internodes 25 - 50cm or more long[ 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. ]. This species is one of the economically important bamboos in the Philippines, providing material for a wide range of uses. It grows extensively in large, natural stands but there are no large-scale plantations. Its exploitation is generally unregulated and no economic or production statistics are available. Consumption and trade are mainly local in rural areas, whilst in the northern Philippines a processing plant has been established to make plybamboo from natural stands[ 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. , 345 Title Minor Products of Philippine Forests Publication Author Brown. W. H. Publisher Bureau of Forestry, Manilla. Year 1920 ISBN Description A useful guide to some of the plants of the area, though terse on details. The book is out of copyright and can be legally downloaded from the Internet. ]. Usually harvested from large, natural stands, the plant is also cultivated occasionally[ 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. ].