Poaceae
Cape bamboo
Neololeba atra
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Neololeba
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 广东甜竹
- English
- Cape bamboo, Black bamboo, Bogor thin-walled bamboo, Walled bamboo
Synonyms
- Arundarbor atra (Lindl.) Kuntze
- Arundarbor picta (Lindl.) Kuntze
- Arundarbor prava (Lindl.) Kuntze
- Arundarbor tenuis (Munro) Kuntze
- Arundinaria cobonii F.M.Bailey
- Arundinaria papuana K.Schum. & Lauterb.
- Bambusa atra Lindl.
- Bambusa forbesii (Ridl.) Holttum
- Bambusa papuana (K.Schum. & Lauterb.) K.Schum.
- Bambusa picta Lindl.
- Bambusa prava Lindl.
- Bambusa tenuis Munro
- Dendrocalamus forbesii Ridl.
- Dendrocalamus latifolius K.Schum. & Lauterb.
- Dendrocalamus multispiculatus K.Schum. & Lauterb.
- Dendrocalamus papuanus (K.Schum. & Lauterb.) Pilg.
- Gigantochloa novoguineensis Rendle
- Leleba alba Rumph. ex Schult.
- Leleba nigra Rumph. ex Schult.
- Leleba picta Rumph. ex Schult.
- Leleba prava Rumph. ex Schult.
- Leleba rumphiana Kurz ex Teijsm. & Binn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
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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.