Poaceae FAMILY

Schizostachyum brachycladum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Schizostachyum brachycladum is a clump-forming, perennial, evergreen bamboo. The culms are erect, straight, 10 - 15 metres long and 60 - 80mm in diameter. The internodes have a thin-wall 3 - 5mm thick, are 20 - 50cm long, smooth, cylindrical, and tapering. An important plant in the local economy, it is collected from the wild and also commonly cultivated in South-East Asia for its culms, which provide material for building, crafts, containers, pipes etc. The forms with yellow culms are often cultivated as ornamentals[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatDisturbed or secondary forest, rarely in undisturbed forest, at elevations up to 600 metres. It is also commonly found spontaneously or naturalized along roadsides and is frequently cultivated in villages[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].