Cephalostachyum mindorensis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Cephalostachyum mindorensis Gamble

Family: Gramineae

• Philippines: bagto (Tagalog).

Mindoro and Luzon (Camarine Province).

Culms are used for fences and household articles.

Scrambling bamboo. Culm 6-8 m tall, diameter 2-5 cm, relatively thin-walled; internodes 20-25 cm long. Leaf blade 20-30 cm × 2.5-4 cm. Inflorescence terminating a leafy or leafless branch; pseudospikelets slender, 6-8 mm long, many in a cluster at each node. The inclusion of this species in the genus Cephalostachyum should be investigated, because the structure of its inflorescences and pseudospikelets is very different from that of species in the Indian subcontinent.

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