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Melocanna baccifera

Authority (Roxb.) Kurz. Family Liliopsida:Commelinidae:Cyperales:Gramineae Synonyms Common names Editor Ecocrop code 7695

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A evergreen bamboo with single culms arising at a distance of about 60 cm apart and reaching a height of 10-20 m and a diameter up to 3-7.5 cm. GROWING PERIOD Perennial bamboo, flowering after 30-40 years. COMMON NAMES Melocanna. FURTHER INF This species is native of Bangladesh and Myanmar, where it occurs in vast stands, usually on hilly ground. Bamboos grow between the latitudes 40°N and S. Though the big bamboo forests usually occur between 15-25°N and S.
Sources
SOURCES (M. baccifera (Roxb.) Kurz.) Hassan M 1988 pp 505-513 [RAIN, TEMP, SAL, DRA, TEXT, PH, DEP] Purseglove J 1972 pp 134 [USE] Zabala N 1990 pp 164-166 [TEMP, RAIN, TEXT, DRA, LIG, USE]