Dendrocalamus hirtellus (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Dendrocalamus hirtellus Ridley

Family: Gramineae

• Malaysia: buloh kapor.

Native in Peninsular Malaysia (Johor, Kedah, Kelantan) and in Borneo (West Kalimantan).

The culms are used for basketry.

Culm up to 15 m tall, 8 cm in diameter, with pendulous tip, whitish and waxy when young. Culm sheath covered with white wax and pale to light brown hairs; blade spreading to reflexed; auricles curled, 15 mm in lateral extent, bearing bristles 25 mm long. Young shoots orange to yellowish, covered with pale hairs. Leaf blade 20-40 cm × 3-6 cm, lower surface velvet-hairy. Inflorescence on leafless branches; spikelet containing 1-2 florets. Caryopsis truncate with slightly hairy tip. Found in open ground or disturbed forest.

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