Taxon:  Dendrocalamus giganteus Munro



Summary
Genus:
Dendrocalamus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Bambusoideae
Tribe:
Bambuseae
Subtribe:
Bambusinae
Nomen number:
13520
Place of publication:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26:150.  1868
Verified:
10/01/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  4. Dransfield, S. & E. A. Widjaja, eds. 1995. Bamboos. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 7:85.
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  6. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  7. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  8. Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  11. Satya, S. et al. 2010. Bamboo shoot processing : food quality and safety aspect (a review). Trends Food Sci. Technol. 21:181-189. Note: Elsevier.
  12. Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
  13. Stapleton, C. M. A. 1994. The bamboos of Nepal and Bhutan Part I: Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Melocanna, Cephalostachyum, Teinostachyum, and Pseudostachyum (Gramineae: Poaceae, Bambusoideae). Edinburgh J. Bot. 51:23.
  14. Stapleton, C. 1994. Bamboos of Bhutan: an illustrated guide
  15. Stapleton, C. 1994. Bamboos of Nepal: an illustrated guide
  16. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishgiant bamboo  1Dransfield, S. & E. A. Widjaja, eds. 1995. Bamboos. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 7:85.
Japanese Rōmajikyo-chiku  2Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
Portuguesebambu-balde  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishbambú gigante  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishjättebambu  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chineselong zhu  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand n.w.Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
2CultivatedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan s.Stapleton, C. 1994. Bamboos of Bhutan: an illustrated guide
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia n.Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaArunachal Pradesh Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaManipur Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMeghalaya Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaNagaland Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal Stapleton, C. M. A. 1994. The bamboos of Nepal and Bhutan Part I: Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Melocanna, Cephalostachyum, Teinostachyum, and Pseudostachyum (Gramineae: Poaceae, Bambusoideae). Edinburgh J. Bot. 51:23.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Stapleton, C. 1994. Bamboos of Nepal: an illustrated guide
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
5UncertainAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia possibly native in n.Dransfield, S. & E. A. Widjaja, eds. 1995. Bamboos. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 7:85.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Yunnan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand (n.w.)
Cultivated
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, Bhutan (s.), India [Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, West Bengal], India (n.) [Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, West Bengal], Sri Lanka, Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia
Uncertain
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Malaysia (possibly native in n.)

Reference(s)
  1. Dransfield, S. & E. A. Widjaja, eds. 1995. Bamboos. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 7:85.
  2. Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
  3. Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India
  4. Stapleton, C. M. A. 1994. The bamboos of Nepal and Bhutan Part I: Bambusa, Dendrocalamus, Melocanna, Cephalostachyum, Teinostachyum, and Pseudostachyum (Gramineae: Poaceae, Bambusoideae). Edinburgh J. Bot. 51:23.
  5. Stapleton, C. 1994. Bamboos of Bhutan: an illustrated guide
  6. Stapleton, C. 1994. Bamboos of Nepal: an illustrated guide
  7. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalerosion control Dransfield, S. & E. A. Widjaja, eds. 1995. Bamboos. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 7:85.
Environmentalornamental Dransfield, S. & E. A. Widjaja, eds. 1995. Bamboos. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 7:85.
Human foodvegetable Satya, S. et al. 2010. Bamboo shoot processing : food quality and safety aspect (a review). Trends Food Sci. Technol. 21:181-189. Note: Elsevier.
Materialscanefor constructionDransfield, S. & E. A. Widjaja, eds. 1995. Bamboos. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 7:85.
Materialsfiber Ohrnberger, D. 1999. The bamboos of the world.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=13520. Accessed 15 April 2026.