Poaceae FAMILY

Schizostachyum jaculans

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Schizostachyum jaculans is an evergreen bamboo forming a dense clump of culms 6 - 15 metres tall from short, woody rhizomes. The erect, slender, thin-walled, woody culms have a pendulous tip; they are 20 - 35mm in diameter with internodes 50 - 100cm long[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 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. ] The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials. It is sometimes planted along forest roads to stabilize the soil and prevent erosion.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, Thailand, Malaysia.

HabitatDense primary forest, and also in the more open, secondary formations of southern China[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Usually cultivated in lowland Peninsular Malaysia, at elevations up to 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. ].