Description
From Bamboos of Thailand, Native and Introduced Species (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) — An Annotated Compilation, by D. Ohrnberger (Khun Dieter – คุณดีเท่อร์)
"Culms 4–5 m, 2–2.5 cm in diam., basally nearly straight, apically slightly drooping; internodes 25–30 cm, initially thinly white powdery, several lower internodes striped yellow-green; wall thick; nodes slightly prominent; basal ca. 3 nodes with rings of gray-white silky hairs below and above sheath scars; usually branching from 3rd or 4th node up. Branches many, clustered, nearly horizontal, central dominant. Culm sheaths deciduous, initially yellow-green striped, glabrous or with stiff, brown hairs near inner margin and base, apex subtruncate; auricles unequal, larger auricle nearly 2.5 × as large as smaller one, broadly elliptic or elliptic, ca. 2 × 1.3 cm, wrinkled; oral setae undulate; ligule 1.5–2 mm, margin ciliate; blade deciduous, erect, triangular to narrowly triangular, base slightly rounded extending outward to join auricles for 6–7 mm, nearly 3/5 as wide as sheath apex. Leaf blade linear-lanceolate, 8–15 × 0.9–1.3 cm, abaxially densely pubescent, adaxially glabrous. Inflorescence unknown." — Flora of China [#1303].
Origin
THAILAND: introduced, in cultivation, rare. — CHINA (South): Guangdong, on slopes around villages.
Uses
Plants as garden ornamentals, for hedges, and for screening.
References
Bibliography of Bamboos of Thailand
Common Names
- Thai
- ไผ่หินซิ่นหยี (phai hin sinyi)
- Chinese
- 信宜石竹 (xin yi shi zhu)
- English
- Xinyi Stone Bamboo