Poaceae
Melocanna

Melocanna baccifera (Roxb.) Kurz

First published in Prelim. Rep. Forest Pegu, App. B: 94 (1875)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Himalaya to Myanmar. It is a bamboo and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal

Introduced into:

Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Jamaica

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Kumari, P., Singh, P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2024). Flora of India 30: 1-334. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Kumari, P., Singh, P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2024). Flora of India 30: 1-334. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] Mauritius K003901342 Yes
Rogers, C.M.; Tomas, A. [s.n.] Burma K003901267 Yes
Rogers, C.G.; Tomas, A. [s.n.] Burma K003901262 Yes
United Kingdom K:SPC-80191.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003901348 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003901346 Yes
Rogers, C.G. [133] Burma K003901264 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003901263 Yes
Ayres, P.B. [s.n.] Mauritius K003901343 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mauritius K003901341 Yes
India K:SPC-66540.000 No
Stapleton [1151] India K003901261 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003901347 Yes
Boivin, M. [s.n.] K003901344 Yes
Rogers, C.M.; Tomas, A. [s.n.] Burma K003901265 Yes
Rogers, C.M.; Tomas, A. [s.n.] Burma K003901266 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003901349 Yes
Wild AE Bangladesh K:SPC-80162.000 No
Mann, G. [22645] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901286 Yes
Mukherji, N.K. [s.n.] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901291 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [16] Melocanna bambusoides K003901269 Yes
Mann, G. [s.n.] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901279 Yes
Melocanna bambusoides K:SPC-22695.000 No
Melocanna bambusoides K:SPC-22696.000 No
Mann, G. [21841] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901287 Yes
Mann, G. [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901246 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [6747C] Melocanna bambusoides K003901273 Yes
Mukherji, M.K. [s.n.] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901289 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901277 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [42966C] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901280 Yes
[Paui Raiu Das] [s.n.] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901240 Yes
[Muero] [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901235 Yes
[Gmecourn] [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901254 Yes
Raizada, M.B. [H4096/60] India Melocanna bambusoides K000743045 No
Mann, G. [22645] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901285 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [42188A] Melocanna bambusoides K003901251 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901339 Yes
s.coll. [K9] Melocanna bambusoides K003901238 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K000912071 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jacobs, M. [s.n.] Indonesia Melocanna bambusoides K000743042 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901290 Yes
Gronep [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901245 Yes
Cowan, J.M. [s.n.] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901274 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [43121A] Melocanna bambusoides K003901252 Yes
Das, P.R. [22669] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901282 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901340 Yes
Forman, L.L. [635] Melocanna bambusoides K003901244 Yes
[PaniruiDoo] [s.n.] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901237 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901275 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901276 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thompson, T. [s.n.] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901255 Yes
[Cnsur Maun] [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901253 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901234 Yes
Chatterjee, D. India Melocanna bambusoides K:SPC-22121.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901338 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901270 Yes
Kanjilal, U. [s.n.] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901288 Yes
Forman, L.L. [635] Melocanna bambusoides K:SPC-25809.000 No
Gupta, T.K. [22680] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901283 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [43121B] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901281 Yes
Gupta, T.K. [22680] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901284 Yes
[Emter Maun] [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901232 Yes
s.coll. [K9] Melocanna bambusoides K003901247 Yes
Mann, G. [120] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901239 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [4056-16] Melocanna bambusoides K003901268 Yes
[Zarakisoreupta] [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901248 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thompson, T. [s.n.] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901257 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901236 Yes
[Emter Maun] [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901233 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thompson, T. [388] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901256 Yes
Zhu, N. [2822] Hong Kong Melocanna bambusoides K003901258 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901241 Yes
Mann, G. [97] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901278 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thompson, T. [s.n.] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901242 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [6716A] Melocanna bambusoides K003901272 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Melocanna bambusoides K003901243 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [6701A] India Melocanna bambusoides K003901271 Yes

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    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

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    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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