Poaceae
Black asper
Gigantochloa atroviolacea
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Gigantochloa
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 黑巨龙竹
- English
- Black asper, Black bamboo, Timor black bamboo, Tropical black bamboo
- Indonesian
- Bambu hitam, Bambu wulung
- Sundanese
- Awi wulung
Synonyms
- Gigantochloa atter var. nigra Gamble
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Robert McPherson, 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.