Bambusa binghamii

Thai name: No known records.

Burmese name: Nga-chat-wa.

English name: No known records.

Distribution: THAILAND: No records are known, but this species might be found in Thailand's borderland areas with Myanmar (Classification of Bamboo, 2012 [#1223]). — MYANMAR: Tanintharyi Region (former Tenasserim).

Description: "… caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; woody; without nodal roots. Culm-internodes terete. Lateral branches dendroid. Leaves cauline. Leaf-sheaths striately veined; smooth; glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs scanty. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.1–0.2 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 7–15 cm long; 10–15 mm wide. Leaf-blade midrib evident. Leaf-blade venation with 10–12 secondary veins. Leaf-blade surface smooth. Leaf-blade apex acuminate; smooth. … [flowers and seeds described]." — Kew GrassBase [#1335].