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Vet / Vansh / Vanshlochan

Common Names


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About    Taxonomy


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CLASSIFICATION


TAXON 


Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd.

FAMILY 


Poaceae Barnhart

ALTERNATE FAMILY


nom. cons.

TRIBE


Bambusoideae

SUBTRIBE


Bambuseae

GENUS 


Bambusa Schreb.

SPECIES


arundinacea (Retz.) Willd. Sp. pl. 2(1):245. 1799


Plant Description


Root-stock stout, running underground. Stems tufted, thorny with recurved spines, 125-30 meter tall, 15-20 cm in diameter. Stem sheaths coriaceous, striate, with rounded tip and plaited margins. Leaves linear-lanceolate with stiff tip. Inflorescence an enormous panicle distributed along the entire length of the stem. Common and abundant tree-grass all over.

Flowering & Fruiting Period: 20 – 40 years approximately. Some are known to flower after 100 years.

 

*Description source: Flora of Savantwadi

STUDIES & RESEARCH