BAMBOOS OF INDI A

Bamboos of India
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Fig. 98. S. intermedia.
A - leafy branch;
B - culm with flowering
branch; C - culmsheath;
D - spikelet;
E & F - empty glumes;
G - flowering glume;
H - palea; I - lodicule;
J - stamen; K - pistil.
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divided and each having one plumose stigma. Caryopsis short, oblong, swollen in the middle and furrowed in front,
tipped with persistent base of style.
FLOWERING
Flowering has been recorded from Sikkim in 1848, 1868, 1879, 1899 and 1968. The flowering cycle is about 20 years.
DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY
The species is distributed in North-East India; Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim and in West Bengal.
Distributed mostly in warm temperate to subtropical zone. Grows gregariously as forest undergrowth often in Oak and
Rhododendron forest. Also cultivated at different places in West Bengal. Found at an elevation of 650-2200 m.
USES
Culms are used for making fishing rods and arrows. Leaves are used for thatching, roofing and basket making. It is an
excellent hedge plant. Young shoots are edible.
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