Gigantochloa

Species/Common Name
Gigantochloa Albocilata
Pai Ruak

Info:
Green culms with white stripes and arching tops reaching to the ground. Good tasting. A favorite of the hill tribes of Thailand. A small/medium sized shoot. Exported commercially from Thailand to Japan. Great for furniture and is a weeping ornamental.

Species/Common Name
Gigantochloa Apus Pring Tali
Tabasheer Bamboo

Info:
'Tali' means string which can be split from the young culms and has suppleness of leather. The most important construction species in Indonesia, strong and durable. Used for furniture excellent timber. A praised bamboo that is also pest resistant.

Species/Common Name
Gigantochloa Atroviolacea
variation Black

Info:
This magnificent very erect sooty black-culmed bamboo which retain its black colouring after harvesting, is much valued for furniture and musical instrument making in Java. The culms, sometimes with light coloured stripes, are exposed and leafless for some metres then capped with dense downward pointing leaves. The dark hair covered shoot is edible. Very nice ornamental.

Species/Common Name
Gigantochloa Atroviolacea
variation Black Striations on Green
Java Black Bamboo

Info:
Same as above. A fast growing bamboo. however colors are reversed.

Species/Common Name
Gigantochloa Atter

Info:
Culms erect, straight and easily worked. Edible shoots. Fast growing, good timber.

Species/Common Name
Gigantochloa Awi Temin

Info:
Good timber. Erect green culms with cream stripes.

Species/Common Name
Gigantochloa Hasskarliana

Info:
From west Indonesia. Very dense and fast growing with large leaves and straight green culms. Decorative.

Species/Common Name
Gigantochloa Hitam Hijau

Info:
Hitam Hijau means black and green. Resembling G. Apus however smaller.

Species/Common Name
Gigantochloa Levis
Smooth Giant Grass

Info:
Young culm densely covered with brown or white tomenta, turning whitish gray when full grown. Edible shoots. A beautiful ornamental.

Species/Common Name
Gigantochloa Manggog

Info:
This quite rare, has large leaves and a branch free lower section. A beautiful timber bamboo.

Species/Common Name
Gigantochloa Maxima

Info:
Culms highly variegated with cream colored stripes. Edible shoots and good timber. Stands out in landscape.

Species/Common Name
Gigantochloa Nigrociliata
Black Hair Bamboo, Black-fringed giant grass

Info:
A beautiful garden bamboo with dark green shoots and large cream striped leaves. Tight clumping with weeping culms.

Species/Common Name
Gigantochloa Paring Minyak

Info:
This large upright bamboo is used in building water platforms and rafts.
Useful timber bamboo.

Species/Common Name
Gigantochloa Pring Legi

Info:
Similar to Gigantochloa Atter with broad yellow striations on first 2 metres of culm. Very usefull and attractive.

Species/Common Name
Gigantochloa Rachel Carson

Info:
A straight, large leafed bamboo with cream/pink striated culms. A beautiful plant with edible shoots and good timber.

Species/Common Name
Gigantochloa Robusta

Info:
Large, erect, and strong. From Java and Sumatra. Used for pipes, construction, handicrafts, shoots.
Yellow stripes near base. Large leafed. Used as activated Charcoal.

Species/Common Name
Gigantochloa Wrayii

Info:
Long internodes; used for basket making in Malaysia. Culms erect, slightly arching outwards.