21. Oxytenanthera parvifolia Brandis ex Gamble

Local names

Assamese- Hill Jati
Burmese- Tseikdoo-mindoo

General description

A large sized-bamboo with culms up to 7.6 cm in diameter. Culm-sheaths 20.3-22.8 cm long and 20.3-25 cm broad,imperfect blade 5-7.6 cm long and2.5 cm broad.Inflorescence, a large panicleof spicate branchlets bearing verticils of spikelets,each verticil with 4-10 spikelets.Spikelets narrow,fertile and sterilemixed.

Habit and Habitat

Tree form.

Distribution

Myanmar, Assam, Mizoram.

Uses

Local Dimasa, Kuki and other Hill tribes use this bamboo for construction of huts and also for making baskets,mats.

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