11. PSEUDOSTACHYUM
A spreading thornless subtropical semiscandent bamboo, with thin-walled pendulous shoots up to 16m tall, and rhizomes with long solid rootless necks. Distribution is restricted to high rainfall areas, usually from 300m to 1,200m. The rhizomes are quite similar to those of Melocanna, with very long rootless necks, but the culms are not always solitary, often arising instead in well separated groups of a few culms. The branches are also similar to those of Melocanna, although fewer in number. The flowers are sometimes very small,
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