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Gigantochloa

Gigantochloa apus (Schult.f.) Kurz ex Munro

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Gigantochloa

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Gigantochloa: String bamboo ( Gigantochloa apus ); habits. From Magetan, East Java , Indonesia .
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)
ban
Tiying tali, Tiing tali, Tiying tlantan
Chinese
马来巨草竹
English
Gigantochloa
Indonesian
Bambu tali, Bambu apus
mad
Perrèng talè
Sundanese
Awi tali

Synonyms

  • Arundarbor apus (Schult.f.) Kuntze
  • Bambusa apus Schult.f.
  • Gigantochloa kurzii Gamble
  • Oxytenanthera apus (Schult.) E.G.Camus
  • Schizostachyum apus (Schult.f.) Steud.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid

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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.