Dendrocalamus giganteus, commonly called giant bamboo, is a giant, dense clumping, tropical and subtropical bamboo in the grass family Poaceae, native to India, Myanmar, Thailand and China Yunnan province, where it grows in forests and along riverbanks from sea level to about 2,000 meters elevation. It ranks among the largest bamboo species in the world, growing in clumps of closely packed hollow stems called culms that typically reach about 30 meters tall, though one specimen in Arunachal Pradesh, India reached 42 meters; culms can be up to 28 centimeters thick. Under favorable conditions it grows extraordinarily fast, with recorded growth of up to 46 centimeters in 24 hours and reports of as much as a meter in a single day. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleUsed in Traditional Medicine 3 Living or Extinct Scientific NameDendrocalamus giganteus 4 Conservation Status Comparison
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1. Dendrocalamus giganteus (Wikipedia)
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Dendrocalamus giganteus, commonly known as giant bamboo, is a giant tropical and subtropical, dense-clumping species native to mainland Southeast Asia, India, and China's Yunnan province.
In Biome: River, Distribution and habitat
Its habitat is in forests and on river banks, from sea level to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) altitude.
View the Source2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles): Species profiles of Dendrocalamus giganteus
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"habitat": "terrestrial"
3. Plants For A Future: Dendrocalamus giganteus plant record
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The siliceous secretion of the culm is considered aphrodisiac and tonic[ 272 ].
4. Wikidata: Giant Bamboo
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IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Wikidata Q140227 (P225 taxon name)
- Child Taxon Of: Poaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Plantae
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"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Plants","language":"EN"},{"name":"Flora","language":"EN"}],"cites_listings":[]
6. Dendrocalamus giganteus, Wikipedia
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