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Dendrocalamus strictus
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees, Linnaea 9: 476. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 404. 1897; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1858(1286). 1934; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 350. 1982; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 534. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 926. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 819. 1997; Seethalakshmi & Muktesh, Bamboos India 129. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 345. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 390. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 966. 2009.
Bambos stricta Roxb., Pl. Corom. 1: 58, t. 80. 1798.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cheriyamula, Kalmula, Illi, Kallanmula, Kalmunjil, Karimkarana, Karingalimula, Karikana, Mula
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Male bamboo, Solid bamboo
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Description:
Culms to 15 m high, unarmed. Leaves to 16 x 1.5 cm, ovate-lanceolate, apex long acuminate, spinescent; ligule dentate. Heads of spikelets globose, to 2.5 cm across; spikelets 6 mm long, ovate, lower glume 4 mm, upper 4.5 mm, ovate, lemmas 2, 5 mm, broadly ovate with a mucro; stamens 6, filaments free, 0.2 mm, anthers 2.5 mm, oblong.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests, also grown in the plains
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Distribution:
Indian subcontinent and Java
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Palapetty, Parambikulam, Chandanathode, Vazhikadavu, Saivila
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