Poaceae
Oldham bamboo
Bambusa oldhamii
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bambusa
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Common names
By language (5)
- arz
- بامبوسا اولدامى
- Catalan
- Dendrocalamus oldhamii
- Chinese
- 綠竹, 绿竹, 坭竹, 毛綠竹, 烏藥竹, 甜竹, 绿笋片, 花头黃
- English
- Oldham bamboo
- Vietnamese
- Lục trúc
Synonyms
- Arundarbor oldhamii (Munro) Kuntze
- Bambusa atrovirens T.H.Wen
- Bambusa oldhamii f. revoluta W.T.Lin & J.Y.Lin
- Bambusa revoluta (W.T.Lin & J.Y.Lin) N.H.Xia, R.H.Wang & R.S.Lin
- Dendrocalamopsis atrovirens (T.H.Wen) Keng f. ex W.T.Lin
- Dendrocalamopsis oldhamii (Munro) Keng f.
- Dendrocalamopsis oldhamii f. revoluta (W.T.Lin & J.Y.Lin) W.T.Lin
- Leleba oldhamii (Munro) Nakai
- Neosinocalamus revolutus (W.T.Lin & J.Y.Lin) T.H.Wen
- Sinocalamus oldhamii (Munro) McClure
- Sinocalamus oldhamii f. revolutus (W.T.Lin & J.Y.Lin) W.T.Lin
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.