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Dinochloa andamanica

Syn. Dinochloa tjankorreh var. andamanica

IUCN Red List Not Evaluated (NE)

Local name

  • Andaman climbing bamboo (English)
  • Bulu akar (Andaman)

Grass type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Poaceae
10m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Dinochloa andamanica bark

Bark

Not applicable; hollow, jointed culms with persistent culm sheaths

Dinochloa andamanica leaves

Leaves

Lanceolate, relatively small blades on short sheaths

Dinochloa andamanica flower

Flower

Pseudo-spikelets in panicles; flowering is rare and gregarious

Dinochloa andamanica fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

Caryopsis (grain)

Dinochloa andamanica

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A scandent bamboo whose culms are only about 2.5 cm thick but 20 - 30 m long: thin-walled, creeping along the ground, rooting at the nodes and climbing over trees. Its culm sheaths are deciduous and the fruit is a caryopsis with a fleshy pericarp.

Distribution

World map showing distribution

Endemic to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; humid tropical forest