Thyrsostachys oliveri (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Thyrsostachys oliveri Gamble
- Family: Gramineae
Vernacular names
- Burma (Myanmar): thanawa
- Thailand: phai raakdam.
Distribution
Native in Upper Burma (Myanmar) and northern Thailand.
Uses
Culms are used for building material and broom handles; the seed is edible.
Observations
Densely tufted sympodial bamboo. Culm erect, straight, up to 25 m tall, diameter about 5 cm, wall relatively thin; internodes 30-60 cm long. Culm sheath thin, stramineous. Inflorescence terminating a short leafless branch, bearing a large reduced sheath (or bract) at each node enclosing a cluster of pseudospikelets. Caryopsis cylindrical, glabrous, about 1 cm long. In Burma (Myanmar), found in moist hill forest; in Thailand in mixed or teak forest, occasionally planted in villages. Potentially, T. oliveri is also of importance for other countries of South-East Asia.
Selected sources
2, 5, 12, 18.