Schizostachyum caudatum (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Schizostachyum caudatum Backer ex Heyne
- Family: Gramineae
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: buluh bungkok, bambu buta (Lampung).
Distribution
Endemic to Lampung (Sumatra, Indonesia).
Uses
Local people consider this bamboo as sacred, giving protection against evil influences.
Observations
Densely tufted bamboo. Culm about 8 m tall, erect with drooping tips, dull green, diameter 1.5-4 cm, almost solid or with very small lumen; internodes to 20 cm long. Culm sheath light green, tinged with orange, covered with dark brown hairs; blade broadly triangular, erect; auricles large, with long bristles. Inflorescence terminating a leafy branch; pseudospikelets slender. Caryopsis about 6 mm long, with long persistent style, pericarp thick, easily separated from the seed. Found from the lowlands to 1000 m altitude. In the Bogor Botanic Garden (Indonesia) S. caudatum continues to produce flowers and fruits, which often germinate instantly on the ground below the mother clump, but rarely develop into mature plants.
Selected sources
3, 13.