Neohouzeaua dulloa (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Neohouzeaua dulloa (Gamble) A. Camus

Family: Gramineae

Vernacular names

• Bangladesh: dolu
• Thailand: mai hia
• Vietnam: cai noa, kei noua.

Distribution

Widely distributed from Bangladesh to Vietnam.

Uses

Culms are used for masts, poles, and for light constructions.

Observations

Open tufted bamboo. Culm 7-9 m tall, erect or leaning to nearby vegetation, slender, diameter up to 1 cm, thin walled; internodes 40-60 cm long; nodes slightly swollen. Branches many at each node. Culm sheath glabrous; blade narrowly lanceolate, tapering, deflexed; auricles absent. Leaf blade 14-26 cm × 2-4 cm. Inflorescence terminating a leafy branch; pseudospikelets slender, about 2 cm long, 2 or 3 at each node. Usually found wild in evergreen forest at 300-700 m altitude, but commonly planted in villages. Originally N. dulloa was described under Teinostachyum Munro, then transferred to Neohouzeaua A. Camus, and suggested to be included in Schizostachyum Nees. It has been assigned to Neohouzeaua until a critical revision of the genera mentioned is available. N. dulloa is potentially of great interest for other South-East Asian countries.

Selected sources

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