Kinabaluchloa wrayi

Synonyms: Bambusa wrayi Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1893 (73), 1893: 14; Cephalostachyum chevalieri A. Camus, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 90, 1943: 74.

Thai names: ไผ่สาไก (phai sa kai); "pai za kai", "pai soom bi". — T. Smitinand, 2001 [#1003]; BKF [#1368].

Malay name: buloh bersumpitan.

Distribution: THAILAND (South), confined to Yala Province, at 1,300–1,500 m altitude. — MALAYSIA (Peninsular): Perak, in mountain forest at 1,500–2,000 m altitude. — VIETNAM (South Central): Khánh Hòa Province, Lâm Đồng Province, Đắk Lắk Province, at 500–1,600 m altitude.

Culm size: Length 12–18 m, diameter 1.5–2.5 (4) cm.

Descriptions:

(1) K. M. Wong, Bamboos of Peninsular Malaysia, 1995: p. 150-152, fig. 86 [#1210].

(2) H. B. Gilliland & al., Revised Flora of Malaya, vol. 3, 1971: 22 [#1039].

(3) Kew GrassBase [#1335].

Images: Line drawing in J. S. Gamble, Bambuseae Brit. India, 1896: pl. 46 [#1230]. Photo of type specimen at Kew Herbarium (culm with branches and leaves) [#1333]. Photos in K. M. Wong & al., A subtribal classification of Malesian and Southwest Pacific woody bamboos (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae) informed by morphological and molecular studies, in Sandakania No. 22, 2016, p. 26 fig. 7B (node, internode), 7C (branching, leaves) [#1248]; photos (culm internode, node, culm sheath, branches) of the Vietnamese plant in Biodivn.

Characteristics: Rhizomes pachymorph, short-necked. Culms arching over to the ground if not supported by surrounding trees. Culm-internodes very long, 1–1.5 m, or sometimes up to 2.5 m long, yellow shining, thin-​walled. Culm-nodes with a ring of patent hairs, without aerial roots. Culm-leaves unknown. Foliage-leaf auricles small, with 6–12 mm long bristles. Foliage-leaf ligule short. Foliage-leaf blades lanceolate, 15–25 cm long, 2–3 cm wide, glabrous.

Uses: Culm internodes used for making blow-pipes.

Comments: Flowers are known.