Cephalostachyum virgatum

Botanical Description

Cephalostachyum virgatum is an evergreen, clump-forming bamboo forming a dense cluster of erect canes 6 - 15 metres tall from short rhizomes. The thin-walled canes are 5- 10mm in diameter with internodes 45 - 88cm 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 for weaving etc. It is potentially of interest for cultivation in the rest of South-East Asia[ 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. ].