Tree
Dendrocalamus Asper Clon Indonesia
Dendrocalamus asper (Schult. & Schult.f.) Backer
Southeast Asia to New Guinea
Fun factIts new shoots emerge covered in silver-brown fur and grow into culms as thick as a person's thigh.
Dendrocalamus asper is one of the largest of the clumping bamboos, a giant grass whose culms rise 18–30 m tall and 13–20 cm thick. The immense new shoots that push up from the clump are covered in furry silver-brown hairs. It forms an open clump and is grown mainly for construction timber and for its edible shoots.
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2on the estate
0carrying a tag
0sponsored
FamilyPoaceae
Spanish nameBambú gigante
Also known asGiant bamboo, Java bamboo, Rough bamboo, Dendrocalamus Asper Clon Indonesia (common name missing), Bambú gigante
Native toBangladesh to Taiwan and Malesia, from the Andaman Islands through Southeast Asia to the Philippines and New Guinea
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | 5 July 2019 | Planted | — | 8.0 |
| — | — | — | 5 July 2019 | Planted | — | 8.0 |
2 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.