| East Himalayan Bamboo |
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| File size | 988017 |
| Original date | 6/8/10 9:19 AM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 25.9mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 4.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Yushania maling Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Synonyms: Arundinaria maling, Fargesia maling, Sinarundinaria maling
Synonyms: Arundinaria maling, Fargesia maling, Sinarundinaria maling
East Himalayan Bamboo is a slender bamboo with stems
3-10 m, clustered, with prominently ribbed stem-sheaths 18-25 cm. Stems
are slender, 1.6-4 cm in diameter; internodes 30-38 cm long. Leaves are
narrow-lanceshaped 10-18 cm by 8- 16 mm wide. Flowers are borne in
branched clusters; spikelets about 1 cm, awned, solitary,
short-stalked. It is used for matting, roofing, fencing, and fodder for
animals. Very young shoots good for eating for a short period in
summer. East Himalayan Bamboo forms dense thickets in forests, is found
in C. Nepal to NE India, at altitudes of 1800-3600 m. Flowering
sporadically.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Tawang distt., Arunachal Pradesh. |
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