Bambusa longispiculata

Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Magnoliophyta
Classis: Liliopsida
Subclassis: Commelinidae
Ordo: Poales
Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Bambusoideae
Tribus: Bambuseae
Genus: Bambusa
Species: Bambusa longispiculata

Name

Bambusa longispiculata Gamble ex Brandis, 1906

References

* Indian Trees, an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers... 668 (1906)
* USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. 6385

Bambusa longispiculata or Mahal Bamboo is an Australian species of clumping bamboo. Growing in wide and open clumps it makes an excellent shelter for waterfowl. It is not suited for harvesting and is very suitable for soil stabilization on dam faces.It can grow up to a height of 10 m, and a thickness of 5 cm.[1]
References

^ Bambusa longispiculata, OzBamboo; Retrieved: 2007-12-19