勃氏甜龙竹 bo shi tian long zhu

Bambusa brandisii Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 109. 1868; Sinocalamus brandisii (Munro) P. C. Keng.

Culms 10–15 m, 10–12 cm in diam.; internodes 34–43 cm; wall ca. 3 cmthick. Branches several, dominant branches well developed. Culm sheaths deciduous, orange-brown to bright yellow, leathery; auricles small; ligule ca. 1 mm, margin deeply dentate; blade reflexed or nearly erect. Leaf sheaths white hairy; ligule 1.5–2 mm; blade variable, 23–30 × 2.5–5 cm. Pseudospikelets 5–25 per node, clusters 1.3–1.8 cm in diam. Spikelets ovate-orbicular, 7–9 × 4–5 mm; florets 2–4. Glumes 1 or 2, apex acute; lemma 5–6 mm; palea 2-keeled, keels ciliate, 3-veined between keels, acute or mucronate. Filaments short; anthers green-yellow, ca. 3 mm, apiculate. Ovary ovoid; style ca. 3 mm; stigmas 1 or 2. Caryopsis ovoid, 1.5–5 mm, distally hairy, apex beaked.

Cultivated around villages. Yunnan [native to Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam; cultivated in India].