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Black-fringed giant bamboo

Gigantochloa nigrociliata (Buse) Kurz

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Gigantochloa

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Black-fringed giant bamboo: Poaceae-black hair bamboo,ornamental.
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
黑毛巨竹
English
Black-fringed giant bamboo, Black-hair giant bamboo

Synonyms

  • Bambusa andamanica Kurz
  • Bambusa nigrociliata Buse
  • Gigantochloa andamanica (Kurz) Kurz
  • Melocanna serpentina Teijsm. & Binn.
  • Oxytenanthera nigrociliata (Buse) Munro
  • Pseudoxytenanthera nigrociliata (Buse) T.Q.Nguyen
  • Schizostachyum serpentinum Kurz

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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.