Bamboo species of the genus Dinochloa are tropical clumping, high-climbing bamboos. These species bear zigzag culms and fleshy fruits.
They are found in the rain forests and lowland forests of Malesia, India, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Dinochloa bamboos usually grow in a scattered state as rare climbers in undisturbed forest, but become abundant under disturbed forest conditions (forest gaps and margins along roads and around settlements).
The list below shows all the known Dinochloa species:
Species Name |
Diameter |
Height |
|---|---|---|
| Dinochloa alata | 11 m | |
| Dinochloa andamanica | 25 mm | 30 m |
| Dinochloa barbara | 7 mm | |
| Dinochloa cordata | 8-12 mm | |
| Dinochloa darvelana | 10-15 mm | |
| Dinochloa dielsiana | 25 mm | 20-25 m |
| Dinochloa elmeri | 0.5 m | |
| Dinochloa hirsuta | 6 mm | |
| Dinochloa kostermansiana | 15-20 mm | |
| Dinochloa luconiae | ||
| Dinochloa macclellandii | 25-50 mm | 20-30 m |
| Dinochloa macrocarpa | 15 mm | |
| Dinochloa malayana | 7-10 mm | |
| Dinochloa nicobariana | ||
| Dinochloa obclavata | 7 mm | |
| Dinochloa oblonga | 10-19 mm | |
| Dinochloa orenuda | 22-35 mm | 9-20 m |
| Dinochloa palawanensis | 8 mm | |
| Dinochloa prunifera | 10 mm | |
| Dinochloa pubiramea | 25 mm | |
| Dinochloa pubiramea 'Jean-Vincent de Saint-Castin' | ||
| Dinochloa robusta | 15-20 mm | |
| Dinochloa scabrida | 20 mm | |
| Dinochloa scandens | ||
| Dinochloa sipitangensis | 9 mm | |
| Dinochloa sublaevigata | 20 mm | |
| Dinochloa trichogona | 20-30 mm | |
| Dinochloa utilis | 40 mm | 30 m |
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