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Cape Bamboo

Neololeba atra

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
C. Malesia to N. & NE. Queensland, Caroline Is. (Palau)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Neololeba atra, the black bamboo, is a species of tropical Asian, Australian, and Papuasian bamboos in the grass family Poaceae.

Uses

In Indonesia, strips of the black bamboo are used to make window blinds and the leaves are used for thatching.

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Neololeba

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Neololeba atra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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