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Blue bamboo

Drepanostachyum falcatum (Nees) Keng f.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Drepanostachyum

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Common names

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English
Blue bamboo, Himalayan bamboo, Nepalese bamboos, Nepalese blue bamboo

Synonyms

  • Arundinaria falcata Nees
  • Arundinaria falcata var. glomerata Gamble
  • Arundinaria gracilis (Rivière & C.Rivière) Blanch.
  • Arundinaria interrupta Trin.
  • Arundinaria utilis Cleghorn
  • Bambusa falcata hort. ex E.Vilm.
  • Bambusa falcata (Nees) Rob.
  • Bambusa gracilis Rivière & C.Rivière
  • Chimonobambusa falcata (Nees) Nakai
  • Drepanostachyum falcatum var. glomeratum (Gamble) Pandey ex D.N.Tewari
  • Drepanostachyum falcatum var. sengteeanum Stapleton
  • Drepanostachyum gracile (Blanch.) S.Kumar
  • Fargesia falcata (Nees) T.P.Yi
  • Ludolfia falcata (Nees) Nees ex Munro
  • Pleioblastus falcatus (Nees) T.Q.Nguyen
  • Sinarundinaria falcata (Nees) C.S.Chao & Renvoize
  • Thamnocalamus falcatus (Nees) D.C.McClint.
  • Thamnocalamus ringala Falc. ex Munro

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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.