Gigantochloa atter

Black bamboo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Genus: Gigantochloa
Species: G. atter
Binomial name
Gigantochloa atter
(Hassk.) Kurz
Synonyms[1]
  • Bambusa atter Kurz [Invalid]
  • Bambusa thouarsii var. atter Hassk.

The black bamboo (Gigantochloa atter), also known as sweet bamboo, or giant atter, is a bamboo species belonging to the Gigantochloa genus. It grows up to 20 m tall. It is native to India, Malaysia and Indonesia. It has now become an exotic species all over the South Asia.[2][3]

Appearance

Culm is green with purple patches when young, which becomes purplish black when mature turns greyish purple when drying. Surface is smooth and glossy. Young shoots are purplish pink in color with green blades on culm sheaths. Culm is straight. Branching occurs only at top. Internode length is 45–60 cm, and diameter is 5–10 cm. Culm walls are thick.

Culm sheath is purplish pink with green blades in young plants turns dark brown when mature. It is triangular with a conical blade. Length of the sheath proper is 24–27 cm in length and 40–45 cm wide. Blade length is 4–7 cm. Auricles absent. Upper surface of the sheath covered with black hairs. Lower surface of the sheath is not hairy. Sheaths fall off early.

References

  1. ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Gigantochloa atter".
  3. ↑ "Gigantochloa Atter bamboo – Qundembo Bamboo Nursery". bamboonursery.com.


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