Bambusa salarkhanii

Description

HABIT Perennial;caespitose;clumped densely.Rhizomes short;pachymorph.Culms erect;1000–1500 cm long;40–100 mm diam.;woody;without nodal roots.Culm-internodes terete;with small lumen;30–40 cm long;light green;distally pruinose.Culm-nodes without obvious supra-nodal ridge.Lateral branches dendroid.Bud complement 1.Branch complement several;with 1 branch dominant.Culm-sheaths tardily deciduous;12–20 cm long;1 times as long as wide;brown;hispid;with black hairs;truncate at apex;auriculate;ciliate on shoulders.Culm-sheath ligule brown.Culm-sheath blade ovate;erect;4–6 cm long;100–150 mm wide;hispid;acuminate.Leaves cauline;7–10 per branch.Leaf-sheaths keeled;pubescent;hairs tawny.Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose;deciduous.Leaf-sheath auricles falcate.Ligule an eciliate membrane;truncate.Collar with external ligule.Leaf-blade base symmetrical,or asymmetrical;with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath.Leaf-blades lanceolate;12–24 cm long;13–20 mm wide;light green and dark green;discolorous with last colour beneath.Leaf-blade venation with 12–16 secondary veins.Leaf-blade surface pubescent;sparsely hairy;hairy adaxially.Leaf-blade margins scabrous.Leaf-blade apex acuminate.