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  • Dendrocalamus brandisii
                                  
             


Height 12-15 m , diameter 8-12 cm , internode 30-45 cm . clum top drooping ; young culm with white tomenta arranged in stripes , joint at base having air root , a white to brown tomentose ring around and below joint ; sheath caducous , reddish brown to bright yellow , its back covered with white tomenta or brown deciduous setae ; sheath blade ovally lanceolate , its base circularly contracted , leaves 20-30 cm long , 2-3 cm wide , its surface wavy . shoot delicious . culm used as construction material .

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