Poaceae FAMILY

Valiha diffusa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Valiha diffusa is an evergreen bamboo producing solitary culms from an elongated rhizome. The erect, slender culms can be 6 - 10 metres long and 6 - 10cm in diameter; the internodes are thin-walled, 40 - 80cm long[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is a locally useful source of construction material, often gathered from the wild. It is a plentiful resource, and is actually spreading and increasing, but because it produces somewhat isolated culms and does not form clumps it is somewhat difficult to harvest[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - Madagascar.

HabitatThe plant was formerly restricted to primary forest, at elevations up to 700 metres, but it has become more widespread and now also occurs on open hills and in valleys, often together with Ravenala madagascariensis[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].