Common Name | Katang bans |
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Botanical Name | Bambusa arundinacea |
Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 800-1000 cm long; woody. Culm-internodes terete; thin-walled. Lateral branches dendroid. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 10-15 cm long; 6-9 mm wide. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle contracted; linear; 4-8 cm long. Spikelets solitary, comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile floret; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 10-11 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
Glumes several; 4 empty glumes; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume ovate; 1-2 mm long; chartaceous. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume ovate; 5 mm long; chartaceous; without keels. Upper glume apex acute. Basal sterile florets barren; with palea; attached to and deciduous with the fertile. Lemma of lower sterile floret similar to fertile lemma; ovate; 7 mm long; coriaceous.
Fertile lemma ovate; 7-8 mm long; coriaceous; without keel; 7-9 veined. Lemma apex obtuse. Palea 1 length of lemma; coriaceous; 2-keeled. Apical sterile florets 1 in number; barren; elliptic.Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.