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Poaceae

Gigantochloa scortechinii Gamble

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Gigantochloa

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Gigantochloa scortechinii: It is an evergreen and perennial clump-forming bamboo that can grow 10 to 20 metres.
Photo: Wee Hong, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
小黑竹
Malay
Buluh semantan, Buluh gala, Buluh kapal, Buluh paao, Buluh raya, Buluh seremai, Buluh telur

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Sources: classification 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.