BAMBOOS OF INDI A

Bamboos of India
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Fig. 39. D. somdevai. A - culm-sheath; B - spikelet;
C - bract; D - glume; E & F - lemmas; G, H & I - paleas;
J - stamen; K - pistil.
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FLOWERING
Flowering has been reported from Uttar Pradesh in 1991.
DISTRIBUTION
This species has been collected for the first time from
Uttar Pradesh.
Dendrocalamus strictus
Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees, Linnaea 9: 476. 1834; Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 147. 1868; Gamble,
Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 7: 78. 1896 and Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 404. 1897; Camus, Les Bambusees 152. 1913;
Bennet and Gaur, Thirty Seven Bamboos Growing in India 61. 1990; Tewari, Monogr. Bamboo. 77. 1992. (Fig. 40).
Bambusa stricta Roxb. Pl. Corom. 1: 58, t. 80. 1798.
VERNACULAR NAMES
Bengal - Karali, Gujarat - Nakur bans; Kiri bidiru; Maharashtra - Male bamboo, narvel; Orissa - Salia; Tamilnadu -
Kalmungil; Andhra - Sadanapa Veduru; Tripura - Lathi bans; Kerala - Kallumula.
DESCRIPTION
A deciduous densely tufted bamboo. Culms 8-16 m high, 2.5-8 cm diameter, pale blue green when young, dull green or
yellow on maturity, much curved above half of its height; nodes somewhat swollen, basal nodes often rooting, lower
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