Gigantochloa atroviolacea Widjaja, Reinwardtia 10: 323 1987. (syn: Gigantochloa atter var. nigra Gamble);
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China (S. Yunnan, Hong Kong), Jawa to Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali) as per WCSP;
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Bamboo for ID, Auroville, Tamil Nadu NAW-MAR17-07 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Kindly identify this bamboo with dark culms about 4-5 cms. in diameter, photographed at the Auroville Botanical Garden, Tamil Nadu in March 2017.
Height of culms about 6 metres. The photographs are limited but i hope the peculiar color of the culms allow some kind of identification. I think this is Gigantochloa atroviolacea
. Bamboo for ID : Lalbagh Botanical Garden, Bangalore : 27JAN20 : AK-34 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Bamboo seen in Lalbagh last month. Gigantochloa atroviolacea I think this is Gigantochloa atroviolacea While going through my posts, I came across this post from Lalbagh, Bangalore. I seem to have missed adding the pictures.
Adding these.
… has confirmed this to be Gigantochloa atroviolacea.
Attachments (4) Ok, … This bamboo was again seen in the same cultivated garden in Thane in December 2016.
Is this the black bamboo, Phyllostachys nigra? |