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Schizostachyum aciculare

Schizostachyum aciculare is a clumping bamboo from wet tropical Southeast Asia, native from Indo-China through Peninsular Malaysia to Borneo. It is a grass-family plant grown mainly in warm, humid, frost-free gardens.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil consistently moist, especially in growing season, and never let it dry out fully.
Soil
Fertile, well-drained, moisture-retentive soil or rich potting mix.
Temperature
20–35 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Indo-China to Pen. Malaysia, Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Schizostachyum aciculare is a species of bamboo in the tribe Bambuseae of the family Poaceae. The recorded range of this species is Indo-China to Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. In Vietnam it may be called mung or nứa.

Other Schizostachyum plants

Schizostachyum helferi · Polynesian 'ohe · Polynesian 'ohe · Schizostachyum lima · Polynesian 'ohe

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Schizostachyum aciculare by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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