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Dendrocalamus asper (giant bamboo)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Dendrocalamus asper, also known as rough bamboo or giant bamboo, is a giant tropical and subtropical, dense-clumping species native to Southeast Asia. This timber bamboo is used as a building material for heavy construction, and shoots are consumed as a vegetable. This bamboo variety of the Dendrocalamus genus grows 15–20 m tall, and 8–12 cm in diameter. It is found commonly in India, Sri Lanka, and neighbouring countries.
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Attributes

Diameter [1]  8 inches (20.32 cm)
Height [1]  100 feet (30.48 m)
Growth Form [1]  Bunch
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Structure [2]  Bamboo
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 10 Low Temperature: 30 F° (-1.1 C°) → 40 F° (4.4 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Full Sun

Predators

Chaetococcus bambusae (giant bamboo scale)[3]
Crypticerya nuda[3]
Froggattiella penicillata (penicillate scale)[3]
Greenaspis elongata[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1American Bamboo Society Species List
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0