Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees
കല്ലൻമുള
| Family: | POACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Solid Bamboo | ||||
| Synonym: | Bambos stricta Roxb. | ||||
| Common Name: | Cheriyamula | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | December - January | ||||
| Distribution: | Indian subcontinent and Java | ||||
| Habitat: | Deciduous forests, also grown in the plains | ||||
| Uses: | Dendrocalamus strictusis extensively used as raw material in paper mills and also for a variety of purposes such as light construction, furniture, musical instruments, bamboo board, mats, sticks, agricultural implements, rafts, baskets, woven wares and household utensils. Young shoots areedibleand used as food. Leaves are used as forage, and decoction of leaves and nodes and silicious matter is used in traditional medicine. | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Culms to 15 m high, unarmed. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, apex long acuminate, spinescent; ligule dentate. Heads of spikelets globose; spikelets ovate, lower glume 4 mm, upper 4.5 mm, ovate, lemmas 2, 5 mm, broadly ovate with a mucro; stamens 6, filaments free, 0.2 mm, anthers 2.5 mm, oblong. | ||||