Poaceae
Elephant bamboo
Ochlandra travancorica
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Ochlandra
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Common names
By language (4)
- Burmese
- ဝါးပိုး
- English
- Elephant bamboo, India reed bamboo, Kerala reed bamboo, Tamil Nadu reed bamboo
- Malayalam
- ഈറ്റ
- shn
- မႆႉပူၵ်ႇ
Synonyms
- Beesha travancorica Bedd.
- Irulia travancorica Bedd.
- Melocanna travancorica F.Muell.
- Ochlandra rheedei var. sivagiriana Gamble
- Ochlandra scriptoria var. sivagiriana (Gamble) C.E.C.Fisch.
- Ochlandra sivagiriana (Gamble) E.G.Camus
- Ochlandra soderstromiana M.Kumar & Sequiera
- Ochlandra travancorica var. hirsuta Gamble
- Ochlandra travancorica var. travancorica
Photos
Photo: കാക്കര, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ganesh Mohan T, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ganesh Mohan T, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ganesh Mohan T, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ganesh Mohan T, 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.