Perennial. Culms erect, or leaning; 200-300 cm long; woody; without nodal roots. Culm-internodes terete; solid; smooth. Culm-nodes swollen. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several; in a clump; with 1 branch dominant; thinner than stem. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs pubescent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 2-4 mm long. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole glabrous. Leaf-blades deciduous at the ligule; lanceolate; 8-13 cm long; 6-10 mm wide; herbaceous. Leaf-blade venation without cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins cartilaginous; scabrous.
MorphologyReproductive morphologyInflorescences
Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; ovate; 14-20 cm long. Primary panicle branches 5-13 cm long. Panicle axis pubescent. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels pubescent.
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/