Poaceae
Waya bamboo
Dendrocalamus membranaceus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dendrocalamus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 黄竹, 流苏黄竹, 毛竿黄竹, 花竿黄竹
- English
- Waya bamboo, Waya bamboo, may sang bamboo
Synonyms
- Bambusa membranacea (Munro) Stapleton & N.H.Xia
- Dendrocalamus longifimbriatus Gamble
- Dendrocalamus membranaceus f. fimbriligulatus Hsueh & D.Z.Li
- Dendrocalamus membranaceus f. pilosus Hsueh & D.Z.Li
- Dendrocalamus membranaceus f. striatus Hsueh & D.Z.Li
- Oxytenanthera lacei Gamble
- Sinocalamus longifimbriatus (Gamble) T.Q.Nguyen
Photos
Photo: Dvellakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dvellakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dvellakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dvellakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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). About our plant data.