Poaceae
Dragon bamboo
Dendrocalamus giganteus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dendrocalamus
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Common names
By language (14)
- Burmese
- ဝါးပိုး, ဝါးနွယ်
- Catalan
- Bambú de Ceilan, Drendrocalamus giganteus
- Chinese
- 荖濃巨竹, 龙竹, 印度麻竹, 大麻竹, 绿笋片, 龍竹, 龙竹(大麻竹）, 荖浓巨竹
- Czech
- Dendrokalamus obrovský
- Dutch
- Reuzenbamboe
- English
- Dragon bamboo, Giant bamboo, Giant dendrocalamus
- German
- Riesenbambus
- Hungarian
- Óriásbambusz
- Japanese
- ゾウタケ
- Malay
- Buluh betong Burma
- Malayalam
- ഭീമൻ മുള
- Portuguese
- Bambu-gigante, Bambu balde, Bambu gigante, Bambu-balde
- shn
- မႆႉႁူၵ်း
- Tamil
- வெதிரம்
Synonyms
- Bambusa gigantea Wall.
- Bambusa gigantea Wall. ex Munro
- Sinocalamus giganteus (Munro) Keng f.
- Sinocalamus giganteus (Wall. ex Munro) A.Camus
Photos
Photo: Pismire, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christopher from Shanghai, China, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott Zona from Miami, Florida, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: George Muttathil Pulikurumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Dendrocalamus
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- Dendrocalamus sinicusPoaceae
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- Waya bambooDendrocalamus membranaceusPoaceae
- Dendrocalamus jianshuiensisPoaceae
- Dendrocalamus minorPoaceae
- Dendrocalamus macroculmisPoaceae
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). About our plant data.