Dinochloa sp. (TH: N)

Synonym: Dinochloa macclellandii sensu W. C. Lin.

Thai name: ไผ่คลาน (phai khlan).

Distribution: THAILAND (North), in mixed forest. — MYANMAR.

Culm size: Length 20–30 m, diameter 2.5–5 cm.

Description: W. C. Lin, Bamboos of Thailand, 1968: p. 33-34 [#1102].

Characteristics: Culms climbing, culm internodes 20–100 cm long (15–20 cm in Dinochloa macclellandii), walls very thick (thin-walled in Dinochloa macclellandii); branches slender, numerous [without dominant branch?] (with one branch dominant, as thick as the stem in Dinochloa macclellandii); culm sheaths green or yellowish-green when young; foliage leaf blades large, 15–45 cm long, 2.5–10 cm wide.

Uses: Culms for small implements, ropes, and paper-making.

Provisional identification: Not identified. This might not even be a species of Dinochloa.

Comments: No specimens were cited.

References: W. C. Lin, Bamboos of Thailand, 1968: p. 33-34, fig. 25 [#1102].