See other conspecific taxa:

• Dendrocalamus strictus var. sericeus (0 accessions)
• Dendrocalamus strictus var. strictus (0 accessions)

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Bambos stricta Roxb.
• (≡) Bambusa stricta (Roxb.) Roxb.

Common names:

• Calcutta bamboo  (Source: Pl Book) - English
• male bamboo  (Source: Edinb J Bot) - English
• solid bamboo  (Source: Pl Res SEAs) - English
• bans  (Source: Dict Rehm) - India
• bambu-grande  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: revegetator
• Human food: vegetable
• Materials: fiber (for paper pulp)
• Medicines: folklore

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India, Nepal
• INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand


Cultivated

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China [Guangdong Sheng]
• EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Sri Lanka
• INDO-CHINA: Vietnam
• MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

Northern America

• United States

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Cuba, United States [Puerto Rico]

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=13530. Accessed 1 July 2024.