Skip to content
Indocalamus

(c) 曾云保, all rights reserved, uploaded by 曾云保

EntityQ2645728· pop 16· linked from 16 articles

Indocalamus

Sign in to save

Also known as Chinese reed bamboos

Indocalamus is a genus of about 35 species of flowering plants in the grass family (Poaceae), native to central and southern China, Hainan, Vietnam, and Laos. They are quite small evergreen bamboos normally up to in height, initially forming clumps and then spreading to form larger thickets. They have thick, glossy leaves. Ruo leaves use to wrap foods like rice during dragon boat festival, originate in fujian refer to Indocalamus longiauritus originally but now are nonspecific to just about any leaf wrap.

Species

large-leaved bamboo

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toChina North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Laos, Vietnam
Observations85
Observations recorded1,375

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
63
With media
58
Family
Poaceae
Collections
US
Recorded in
China

~1 min read

Encyclopedic overview

2 sections
Contents
  • Species
  • References

Indocalamus is a genus of about 35 species of flowering plants in the grass family (Poaceae), native to central and southern China, Hainan, Vietnam, and Laos. They are quite small evergreen bamboos normally up to in height, initially forming clumps and then spreading to form larger thickets. They have thick, glossy leaves. Ruo leaves use to wrap foods like rice during dragon boat festival, originate in fujian refer to Indocalamus longiauritus originally but now are nonspecific to just about any leaf wrap.

Some species were formerly included in Sasa and Sasamorpha.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Indocalamus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (3)