Gigantochloa robusta

Botanical Description

Gigantochloa robusta is a densely tufted, sympodial bamboo[ 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 culm is up to 20 metres tall, 7 - 9 cm in diameter, with a wall up to 18 mm thick and internodes up to 40 cm 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. ]. Although there is no large-scale cultivation, this species is locally important (especially in Sumatra), as a garden crop, though no statistics on production or trade are 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 young shoots are sometimes sold in local vegetable markets, though it is possible that the customers are deceived because the young shoots look rather similar to those of Dendrocalamus asper, which are considered superior for culinary use[ 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. ].