Forest Climbing Bamboo

Description

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms scandent; slender; pendulous at the tip; 2-3 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; smooth; distally glabrous. Lateral branches fastigiate. Branch complement many; in a clump; subtended by a bare patch above the node; with subequal branches. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole glabrous. Leaf-blades deciduous at the ligule; lanceolate; 3.5-5 cm long; 3-5 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. INFLORESCENCE Inflorescence composed of racemes; terminal and axillary.