| Intermediate Cane Bamboo |
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| File size | 1046297 |
| Original date | 6/8/10 9:18 AM |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1920 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 12.0mm |
| 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: Drepanostachyum intermedium Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Synonyms: Arundinaria intermedia, Sinarundinaria intermedia, Chimonobambusa intermedia
Synonyms: Arundinaria intermedia, Sinarundinaria intermedia, Chimonobambusa intermedia
Intermediate Cane Bamboo is a shrubby bamboo with
stems 2.5-4 m; internodes up to 20cm, dark green, wax scarce; nodes
raised. Stem sheaths are glabrous; interior densely scabrous below
ligule; ligule very long; auricles and oral setae absent. Leaf sheath
are variably pilose; auricles large; oral setae long,
spreading; ligule long, rounded or truncate; blade abaxially pubescent.
Spikelets with 2-3 fertile florets; lemma mainly glabrous, distally
shortly ciliate at first; palea keels distally scabrous, apex shortly
bifid.
In East Nepal D. intermedium is widely cultivated. Intermediate Cane
Bamboo is found in the Himalayas, from Nepal to NE India, at altitudes
of 1000-3000 m.
| Identification credit: Ritesh Choudhary | Photographed in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. |
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