Name
Classifications and Characteristics
| Plant Division | Angiosperms (Flowering Seed Plants) |
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| Plant Growth Form | Grass or Grass-like Plant (Tall Grass (Poaceae)) |
Description and Ethnobotany
| Growth Form | Bamboo with a climbing growth habit. |
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| Foliage | Narrow, green leaves are lanceolate to linear. |
| Stems | Narrow, solid culms are dull green. It has straight internodes that are produced at an angle from one another, forming a zig-zag shape. In mature culms, the culm sheaths are composed of a rough-textured base and a smooth, upper portion which makes up most of the sheath. The rough bases help the plant to attach itself to the trunk, as it climbs up a tree. In young culms, there is no distinction between the base and upper portion. The sheath base typically remains on the culm after the upper portion has fallen off and can be used as a diagnostic tool to identify members of the Dinochloa genus. |
| Flowers | The inflorescence is composed of small, one-flowered spikelets. |
| Fruit | Berry-like fruits are round to egg-shaped (2-30 mm long). Young fruits are thick and fleshy, but becomes thinner and less fleshy as it matures, The embryo is relatively large compared to the endosperm. |
| Taxonomy | ID for this entity has kindly been provided by Mr Low Yee Wen of SING Herbarium. |
Plant Care and Propagation
| Light Preference | Semi-Shade |
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| Water Preference | Moderate Water |
Foliar
| Mature Foliage Colour(s) | Green |
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| Mature Foliage Texture(s) | Smooth |
| Foliar Type | Simple / Unifoliate |
| Foliar Shape(s) | Non-Palm Foliage (Lanceolate, Linear) |
| Foliar Venation | Parallel |
| Foliar Margin | Entire |
Floral (Angiosperm)
| Flower Grouping | Cluster / Inflorescence |
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| Inflorescence Type | Spikelet / Compound Spike |
Fruit, Seed and Spore
| Fruit Classification | Simple Fruit |
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| Fruit Type | Fleshy Fruit |
References
| References | Dransfield, S.. 1981. The Genus Dinochloa (Gramineae-Bambusoideae) in Sabah. Kew Bulletin. 36. 3. 613-633 |
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Image Repository
Others
| Master ID | 32238 |
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| Species ID | 6646 |
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