Dendrocalamus brandisii (Munro) Kurz, Poaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  no

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Other Latin names:  Bambusa brandisii Munro

Common name(s): [more details]

Chinese: bo shi tian long zhu

English: velvetleaf bamboo

Habit:  grass

Description:  "Culms 10-15 m, 10-12 cm in diameter; internodes 34-43 cm; wall ca. 3 cm thick. Branches several, dominant branches well developed. Culm sheaths deciduous, orange-brown to bright yellow, leathery; auricles small; ligule ca. 1 mm, margin deeply dentate; blade reflexed or nearly erect. Leaf sheaths white hairy; ligule 1.5-2 mm; blade variable, 23-30 x 2.5-5 cm. Pseudospikelets 5-25 per node, clusters 1.3-1.8 cm in diameter. Spikelets ovate-orbicular, 7-9 x 4-5 mm; florets 2-4. Glumes 1 or 2, apex acute; lemma 5-6 mm; palea 2-keeled, keels ciliate, 3-veined between keels, acute or mucronate. Filaments short; anthers green-yellow, ca. 3 mm, apiculate. Ovary ovoid; style ca. 3 mm; stigmas 1 or 2. Caryopsis ovoid, 1.5-5 mm, distally hairy, apex beaked"  (Flora of China online).

Description from Grassbase.

Habitat/ecology:  (no habitat/ecology info known by PIER)

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Southeast Asia; cultivated elsewhere (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Australia Australia (continental)	Australia (continental)	introduced	Randall, R. P. (2007) (p. 156)
China China	China (People's Republic of)	introduced cultivated	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013) Yunnan
Thailand Thailand	Thailand (Kingdom of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Vietnam Vietnam	Vietnam (Socialist Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

Control:  If you know of control methods for Dendrocalamus brandisii, please let us know.