Gigantochloa

63 Species

Gigantochloa is a tropical genus of giant clumping bamboo, similar to the genus Bambusa.

Bamboo species of this genus grow native to: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, India, Java, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand and Vietnam.

Gigantochloa Species List

Species	Origin	Diameter	Height
Gigantochloa achmadii	Sumatra	∅ 90 mm	⇑ 20 m
Gigantochloa albociliata	Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam	∅ 25 mm	⇑ 10 m
Gigantochloa albopilosa	Malaya	∅ 50 mm	⇑ 12 m
Gigantochloa albovestita	Malaya	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 12 m
Gigantochloa apus	Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China Southeast, Java, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand	∅ 130 mm	⇑ 22 m
Gigantochloa arcuta	China South-Central, China Southeast
Gigantochloa atroviolacea	China South-Central, China Southeast, Java, Lesser Sunda Is.	∅ 80 mm	⇑ 12 m
Gigantochloa atter	Borneo, Java, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Vietnam	∅ 100 mm	⇑ 22 m
Gigantochloa austroyunnanensis	China South-Central
Gigantochloa aya	Lesser Sunda Is.	∅ 100 mm	⇑ 15 m
Gigantochloa baliana	Lesser Sunda Is.	∅ 26 mm	⇑ 10 m
Gigantochloa balui	Borneo	∅ 80 mm	⇑ 12 m
Gigantochloa bastareana	India	∅ 50 mm	⇑ 10 m
Gigantochloa brachystachya	China South-Central
Gigantochloa calcicola	Sumatra	∅ 20 mm	⇑ 10 m
Gigantochloa callosa	China South-Central, China Southeast
Gigantochloa cochinchinensis	Vietnam	∅ 40 mm	⇑ 6 m
Gigantochloa compressa	Myanmar	∅ 100 mm	⇑ 18 m
Gigantochloa densa	Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam		⇑ 6 m
Gigantochloa dinhensis	Vietnam
Gigantochloa felix	China South-Central		⇑ 9 m
Gigantochloa glabrata	China South-Central
Gigantochloa hasskarliana	Borneo, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand	∅ 60 mm	⇑ 12 m
Gigantochloa hayatae	Vietnam
Gigantochloa hirtinoda	Sumatra	∅ 80 mm	⇑ 20 m
Gigantochloa holttumiana	Malaya	∅ 55 mm	⇑ 15 m
Gigantochloa hosseusii	Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Gigantochloa kuring	Sumatra	∅ 70 mm	⇑ 25 m
Gigantochloa latifolia	Laos, Malaya	∅ 80 mm	⇑ 15 m
Gigantochloa levis	Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Vietnam	∅ 100 mm	⇑ 20 m
Gigantochloa ligulata	Malaya, Thailand	∅ 40 mm	⇑ 9 m
Gigantochloa longiprophylla	Sumatra	∅ 80 mm	⇑ 20 m
Gigantochloa luteostriata	Borneo, Lesser Sunda Is.	∅ 50 mm	⇑ 10 m
Gigantochloa macrostachya	Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar	∅ 100 mm	⇑ 16 m
Gigantochloa magentea	Sumatra	∅ 60 mm	⇑ 10 m
Gigantochloa manggong	Java, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar	∅ 70 mm	⇑ 15 m
Gigantochloa membranoidea	Sumatra	∅ 50 mm	⇑ 10 m
Gigantochloa multiculmis	Laos, Vietnam	∅ 30 mm	⇑ 10 m
Gigantochloa multifloscula	Vietnam	∅ 50 mm	⇑ 8 m
Gigantochloa multiradicans	China South-Central
Gigantochloa nigrociliata	Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Java, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam	∅ 60 mm	⇑ 20 m
Gigantochloa pachyparietalis	China South-Central
Gigantochloa papyracea	Sumatra	∅ 80 mm	⇑ 15 m
Gigantochloa parviflora	China South-Central
Gigantochloa parvifolia	Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam	∅ 17 mm
Gigantochloa poilanei	Laos, Vietnam		⇑ 8 m
Gigantochloa pruriens	Sumatra	∅ 120 mm	⇑ 15 m
Gigantochloa pubinervis	Lesser Sunda Is., Sumatra	∅ 80 mm
Gigantochloa pubipetiolata	Lesser Sunda Is., Sumatra	∅ 80 mm	⇑ 15 m
Gigantochloa ridleyi	Malaya	∅ 100 mm	⇑ 16 m
Gigantochloa robusta	Java, Lesser Sunda Is., Sumatra	∅ 90 mm	⇑ 20 m
Gigantochloa rostrata	Malaya	∅ 35 mm	⇑ 8 m
Gigantochloa scortechinii	Malaya, Sumatra	∅ 120 mm	⇑ 20 m
Gigantochloa serik	Lesser Sunda Is., Sumatra	∅ 60 mm	⇑ 15 m
Gigantochloa striata	China South-Central
Gigantochloa tenuispiculata	Vietnam
Gigantochloa thoi	Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Sumatra	∅ 120 mm	⇑ 16 m
Gigantochloa tomentosa	Sumatra	∅ 80 mm	⇑ 15 m
Gigantochloa velutina	Lesser Sunda Is., Sumatra	∅ 80 mm	⇑ 20 m
Gigantochloa verticillata	Borneo, Java, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam	∅ 100 mm	⇑ 20 m
Gigantochloa vietnamica	Vietnam	∅ 120 mm	⇑ 20 m
Gigantochloa vinhphuica	Vietnam	∅ 130 mm	⇑ 25 m
Gigantochloa wrayi	Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand	∅ 70 mm	⇑10 m

Source: Kew Science

Common Names for Gigantochloa Species

Bamboo growers and garden books frequently refer to bamboos by their 'common name'. Below you'll find a table with the most common English names for Gigantochloa species and their correct scientific names.

More common names in English can be found here: Common Bamboo Names.

Common Name	Botanical Name
Java Black Bamboo	Gigantochloa atroviolacea
Tropical Black Bamboo	Gigantochloa atroviolacea

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