Poaceae
Gigantochloa
Gigantochloa verticillata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Gigantochloa
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 埋霍罕, 花巨竹, 长舌巨竹
- English
- Gigantochloa, Stripe-leaved bamboo, West Java pipe-bamboo, West-Java hollow-culmed bamboo
- Indonesian
- Bambu gombong
- Javanese
- Pring gombong, Pring surat
- Sundanese
- Awi andong
Synonyms
- Bambos verticillata Poir.
- Bambusa excelsa (Roep. ex Trin.) Miq.
- Bambusa maxima Poir.
- Bambusa pseudoarundinacea Steud.
- Bambusa verticillata Willd.
- Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea (Steud.) Widjaja
- Melocanna excelsa Roep. ex Trin.
- Nastus verticillatus Sm.
- Nastus verticillatus (Willd.) Coyte
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ganjar Cahyadi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ganjar Cahyadi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ganjar Cahyadi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: WoreczkoJan, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ganjar Cahyadi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: George Muttathil Pulikurumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ganjar Cahyadi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: George Muttathil Pulikurumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ganjar Cahyadi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.