EPPO Global Database

Gigantochloa verticillata(GIGPS)

Overview
Code created in: 2010-12-13

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: GIGPS
  • Preferred name: Gigantochloa verticillata
  • Authority: (Willdenow) Monroe

Notes

Indochina, Malesia. Widely cultivated as a timber bamboo and for bamboo shoots, also as an ornamental. Introduced in China, Central America, South America (northwest)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea (Steudel) Widjaja

Common names
Name Language
greater giant bamboo English
花巨竹 Chinese