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Dendrocalamus
strictus (Roxb.) Nees
Synonym : Bambos stricta Roxb.
Family
: Poaceae
Local Names
: Cheriyamula, Kallanmula,
Solid bamboo
Flowering
and fruiting period:
December – January
Distribution: Indian subcontinent and Java
Habitat: Deciduous forests, also grown in the plains
IUCN
status:
Data Deficient
Endemic: No
Uses: Dendrocalamus strictus is extensively used as raw material in paper mills
and also for a variety of purposes such as light construction, furniture,
musical instruments, bamboo board, mats, sticks, agricultural implements,
rafts, baskets, woven wares and household utensils. Young shoots are edible and
used as food. Leaves are used as forage, and decoction of leaves and nodes and
silicious matter is used in traditional medicine.
Key
Characters:
Culms to 15 m high, unarmed. Leaves
ovate-lanceolate, apex long acuminate, spinescent; ligule dentate. Heads of
spikelets globose; spikelets ovate, lower glume 4 mm, upper
