Poaceae
Male bamboo
Dendrocalamus strictus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dendrocalamus
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Common names
By language (11)
- Bangla
- কড়াইল | লাঠি বাঁশ
- Burmese
- မျှင်ဝါး
- Chinese
- 印度实竹, 印度實竹, 牡竹, 绿笋片
- English
- Male bamboo, Calcutta bamboo, Calcutta Bamboo, hard bamboo, iron bamboo, male bamboo, solid bamboo, stone bamboo, Solid bamboo
- French
- Bambou mâle
- Japanese
- アナナシタケ
- Malay
- Buluh sumbiling, Schizostachyum lima
- Malayalam
- കല്ലൻമുള
- Portuguese
- Bambu-maciço, Bambu cheio chinês, Bambu de caniço, Bambu de pescador, Bambu macho, Bambu maciço, Bambu-cheio-chinês, Bambu-de-caniço
- Tamil
- வேரல்
- Thai
- ไผ่ซาง
Synonyms
- Arundo hexandra Roxb. ex Munro
- Bambos stricta Roxb.
- Bambusa glomerata Royle ex Munro
- Bambusa hexandra Roxb. ex Munro
- Bambusa pubescens Lodd. ex Lindl.
- Bambusa stricta (Roxb.) Roxb.
- Bambusa stricta var. argentea Rivière
- Bambusa tanaea Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Bambusa verticillata Rottler ex Munro
- Dendrocalamus prainiana Varmah & Bahadur
- Dendrocalamus strictus var. prainianus Gamble
- Nastus strictus (Roxb.) Sm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
Photo: LRBurdak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, 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: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, 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: Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.