BAMBOOS OF INDI A

Thyrsostachys
Thyrsostachys oliveri
Thyrsostachys oliveri Gamble, Indian For. 20:1. 1894 and in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 7: 58. 1896; and in
Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 397. 1897; Brandis, Indian Trees 671. 1906; Camus, Les Bambusees 137. 1913; Bor, Indian
For. Rec. (n.s) Bot. 2(2): 222. 1941; Varmah and Bahadur, Indian For. Rec. (n.s) Bot. 6(1): 4. 1980; Bennet and Gaur,
Thirty Seven Bamboos Growing in India 83.1990; Tewari, Monogr. Bamboo 152.1992. (Fig. 112).
DESCRIPTION
A large tufted elegant
bamboo. Culms straight
15-25 m high, ca. 5 cm
diameter, bright green with
whitish silky surface when
young, dull green or
yellowish on maturity; nodes
hardly thickened; internodes
40-60 cm long, thin walled;
branches fascicled at the
nodes, lower ones ascending
and upper ones horizontal.
Culm-sheaths fibrous,
imbricating at the base,
green when young, turning
orange and finally brown,
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➤Fig. 112. T. oliveri.
A - leafy branch; B - leafy
sheath; C - culm with
branches; D - culm-sheath;
E - young shoot;
F -spikelet; G & H - empty
glumes; I - flowering glume;
J - palea; K - stamen;
L - lodicules; M - pistil.
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