Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Poaceae | Genus: Bambusa | Species: Bambusa vulgaris var. striata (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Gamble. |
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| Synonym | Bauhinia tomentosa var. glabrata Hook. f., Bauhinia pubescens DC. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Yellow Bamboo, Varigated Bamboo | Flower Type | Spikelet |
| English / Trade Name | Golden Bamboo | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Tiger Bamboo | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Caryopsis |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Caryopsis (reported not seen) |
| Habitat | Riversides, open forests. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | SE Asia, pantropica | Bark Details | Bark smooth, yellow with green striped |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Lence shaped | ||
| Description of Species | Shrub, Culms up to 15 m tall, basally straight or flexuose, yellow with green striped, internodes deep green, stiffly pale brown strigose; wall slightly thick; nodes slightly prominent, basal several with aerial roots and rings of grayish white silky hairs below and above sheath scar. Culm sheaths ribbed-striate when dry, densely stiffly deciduously dark brown hairy, apex arched below blade, concave below auricles; auricles conspicuous; ligule serrate, very shortly white ciliolate. Leaf blade narrowly lanceolate, both surfaces glabrous. | Leaf Details | Leaf blade narrowly lanceolate, both surfaces glabrous. |
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