Description
From Bamboos of Thailand, Native and Introduced Species (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) — An Annotated Compilation, by D. Ohrnberger (Khun Dieter – คุณดีเท่อร์)
"Culms 5–12 m, (3–)6–8 cm in diam.; internodes green or yellow with green stripes, 30–45 cm; wall 5–5.6 mm thick. Branches several. Culm sheaths deciduous, initially grass-green, leathery, initially appressed brownish hispid, becoming glabrous; auricles small; ligule 3–8 mm, fimbriate; blade reflexed, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, abaxially glabrous. Leaf sheaths initially slightly hairy, becoming glabrous; ligule ca. 1 mm, serrulate; blade oblong-lanceolate, 10–25 × 1.5–3 cm, base rounded, apex acute. … [flowers and seeds described]." — Flora of China, accessed 13 Aug. 2020 [#1303].
Culms erect below, slightly bending above, tips drooping; culm internodes green; nodes on the lower culm unbranched.
Synonyms: Sinocalamus minor McClure, Sunyatsenia 6, 1941: 47; Dendrocalamus sapidus Q. H. Dai & D. Y. Huang, J. Bamboo Res. 14 (3), 1995: 1.
Origin
THAILAND: No report was found that Dendrocalamus minor var. minor was introduced into Thailand. — CHINA (South): Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou; on low hills.