10. Bambusa pallida Munro

Local names

Assamese – Jati banh,
Deo banh,
Bijuli banh;
Tripura - Mokal banh;
Arunachal Pradesh – Bijli;
Lapcha – Sikkim- Pashipo,
Pushee;
Meghalaya – Tenang;
Nagaland – Tesero,
Watoi.

General description

This species is accepted, and its native range is Sikkim to China (SW. Yunnan) and Peninsular Malaysia. Sub-Himalayan tracts from Yamuna Eastwards to Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bengal, Sikkim, Dehradun, North West India, Odisha

Habit and Habitat

A large bamboo growing in thick clump, culms olive green in colour. Stem sheath one type, broad, straight, truncate at the top, glabrous, covered with hairs when young. Flowering occasionally, inflorescence in large branching very pale panicle, common in the valleys, also cultivated.

Uses

This species is used for house building, baskets, mats, toys, wall plates, screen and wall hangers.