Bambusa Vulgaris Wamin

Common name: Dwarf Buddha Belly

Rhizomes:

Sympodial (Grows in dense open clumps).
Short and thick rhizomes that curve upwards to produce new culms which occurs on a yearly or continual basis.

Culms:

Culm-sheaths:

Culm-sheaths shed annually at the end of the growing season, then having a dormant period without sheaths and regrowing them at the beginning of the next growing season.
Culm-sheaths are covered with stiff, tough dark brown hairs.
Culm-sheath is shaped like an ear-lobe and have a margin of hairlike projections on shoulders.
Culm-sheath ligule (= an appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap) is 5-8 mm high.
Culm-sheath blade is broad and round at base and has a sharp point, 5-15 cm long and is covered with short hairs.

Branches:

Lateral branches are treelike.
Branch complement (= the quantity or number needed to make up a whole) three or several with one branch dominant. Branches are thinner than stem.

Leafs:

8-9 leaves per branch.
Leaf-sheaths are covered with short hairs.
Leaf-sheath oral hairs have a margin of hairlike projections.
Leaf-sheath auricles are curved and tapering to a point.
Leaf-blade base is broadly rounded, with a brief stalk-like connection to sheath.
Leaf-blades are lance-shaped, going from a rounded base towards an apex and are 15 to 30 cm long and 18-45 mm wide.
Leaf blade margins are covered with small scales that are rough to the touch.
Leaf blade narrows to a sharp point and is hardened.