Male bamboo
Dendrocalamus strictus
Also known as Solid bamboo
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About Male bamboo
Dendrocalamus strictus is a tropical bamboo species belonging to the Dendrocalamus genus. The culms (stems) are often solid. Common names include male bamboo, solid bamboo, and Calcutta bamboo.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dendrocalamus strictus
- Genus
- Dendrocalamus
- Family
- POACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, also grown in the plains
- Distribution
- India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Singapore and Java
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- बांस Bans, bans, কড়াইল
- Bengali
- বাঁশ Bamsa, Karali, কড়াইল | লাঠি বাঁশ
- Tamil
- சிறுமூங்கில் Chiru-munkil, கல்மூங்கில் Kal-munkil, காட்டுமூங்கில் Kattu-munkil
- Telugu
- పోతువెదురు Potu Veduru
- Kannada
- ಬಿದಿರು Bidiru
- Malayalam
- കല്ലന്മുള Kallanmula, കല്ലൻമുള, Dendrocalamus strictus
- Marathi
- बांस, बास Bans, उढा Udha
Botanical family
Poaceae
Grass family
Male bamboo belongs to the Poaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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