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From the Greek word gigantos, a giant, and chloa, grass. Gigantochloa is a genus of giant arborescent or scandent bamboos. Culm sheaths are generally stiff, auricled, usually dark and hairy, often with loose hairs and long blade.
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Banik, R.L. (2016). Gigantochloa Kurz ex Munro. In: Silviculture of South Asian Priority Bamboos. Tropical Forestry. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0569-5_5
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