Schizostachyum aciculare Gamble
Gramineae
Distribution Native in Peninsular Malaysia and in southern Thailand. For map click: Map308.TIF.
Uses In Thailand split culms are used for making handicrafts like hats and baskets.
Observations Small slender bamboo. Culm 4-5 m tall, diameter 8-10 mm, erect with pendulous tip, often scrambling over nearby vegetation; internodes up to 65 cm long. Culm sheath with long narrow reflexed blade. Pseudospikelet slender, 5 cm long. Found in forest and forest margins.