Hedge bamboo (Bambusa multiplex)

Bambu pagar or hedge bamboo (Bambusa multiplex) is a plant species in Poaceae, bamboo that grows in clumps, dense, sympodial branches, has many varieties and is widely planted mainly to enclose the yard and roadside.

B. multiplex has green shoots and lokos. The young reed is covered with a layer of white wax, upright and the old is up to 8 meters high with a curved tip, starting to branch close above the ground with 7-9 branches that have the same size on a segment.





The segments are slightly prominent, bare, 30-50 cm long, 0.3-16 cm in diameter, the reed has a thin wall of up to 5 mm in some varieties, shiny green with stiff, brown fur, especially in bottom of the segment.

The fronds are easy to fall off, narrow trapezoidal, initially thinly covered by asymmetric white, bald and curved powder with a beveled edge on the outside. The ear fringes are very small, unclear or have a frame shape of 1-2 mm in height, 3 mm fur spurs, irregularly serrated ligula, 1.5 mm high and locos.

Ribbon-shaped leaves, 5-20 cm long, 0.6-2 cm wide, lower surface slightly hairy, whitish, gathered 5-26 strands at the end of the twigs, small ears with short stiff hairs and jagged ligula for height of 1 mm.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Bambuseae
Subtribe: Bambusinae
Genus: Bambusa Schreb. in Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a]. 1: 236 (1789)
Species: Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch. ex Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1350 (1830)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Arundarbor multiplex (Lour.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 761 (1891)
Arundo multiplex Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 58 (1790)
Bambusa multiplex var. normalis Sasaki in Cat. Governm. Herb. (Form.): 68 (1930)
Leleba multiplex (Lour.) Nakai in J. Jap. Bot. 9: 14 (1933)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Arundarbor aurea Kuntze (1891)
Arundarbor nana (Roxb.) Kuntze (1891)
Arundinaria glaucescens (Willd.) P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 144 (1812)
Bambos nana (Roxb.) Hitchc. & Chase in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 401 (1917)
Bambusa albifolia T.H.Wen & J.J.Hua in J. Bamboo Res. 8(1): 20 (1989)
Bambusa alphonse-karrii Mitford ex Satow in Trans. Asiat. Soc. Japan 27(2): 91 (1899)
Bambusa argentea Nehrl. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 449 (1914)
Bambusa argentea var. vittata Nehrl. (1914)
Bambusa aurea Siebold ex Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 285 (1866)
Bambusa caesia Siebold & Zucc. ex Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 89 (1868)
Bambusa dolichomerithalla Hayata in Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 146 (1916)
Bambusa floribunda f. viridistriata (Makino ex I.Tsuboi) Nakai in Sci. Educ. (Tokyo) 15(6): 66 (1932)
Bambusa glaucescens (Willd.) Merr. in Philipp. J. Sci., C 7: 230 (1912)
Bambusa glaucescens f. albostriata Muroi & Sugim. in Rep. Fuji Bamboo Gard. 16: 9 (1971)
Bambusa glaucescens f. albovariegata (Makino) Muroi & Sugim. (1971)
Bambusa glaucescens f. alphonso-karrii (Mitford ex Satow) Hatus. in Fl. Ryukyus: 854 (1971)
Bambusa glaucescens f. elegans (Koidz.) Muroi & Sugim. (1971)
Bambusa glaucescens var. floribunda (Buse) Hatus. in Fl. Ryukyus, ed. 2: 242 (1994)
Bambusa glaucescens f. fu-komachi Muroi & Sugim. (1971)
Bambusa glaucescens f. gimmei Muroi & Kasahara in Rep. Fuji Bamboo Gard. 17: 7 (1972)
Bambusa glaucescens f. kimmei-suhou Muroi & Kasahara (1972)
Bambusa glaucescens var. lutea (T.H.Wen) T.H.Wen in J. Bamboo Res. 4(2): 16 (1985)
Bambusa glaucescens f. midori Muroi & Sugim. (1971)
Bambusa glaucescens f. midori-beni Muroi & H.Hamada in Rep. Fuji Bamboo Gard. 17: 7 (1972)
Bambusa glaucescens var. pubivagina (W.T.Lin & Zhi J.Feng) N.H.Xia in J. Trop. Subtrop. Bot. 1: 10 (1993)
Bambusa glaucescens var. riviereorum (Maire) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung in Phytologia 52: 257 (1982)
Bambusa glaucescens var. shimadae (Hayata) L.C.Chia & But in Phytologia 52: 258 (1982)
Bambusa glaucescens f. shirosuji Muroi & H.Okamura in Rep. Fuji Bamboo Gard. 17: 7 (1972)
Bambusa glaucescens f. solida (Muroi & Maruy.) Muroi & Sugim. (1971)
Bambusa glaucescens f. solida K.J.Mao & C.H.Zhao in J. Bamboo Res. 12(2): 21 (1993)
Bambusa glaucescens f. tukushi-komachi Muroi & Yu.Tanaka in Rep. Fuji Bamboo Gard. 17: 7 (1972)
Bambusa glaucescens f. variegata (E.G.Camus) Muroi & Sugim. (1971)
Bambusa glaucescens f. viridistriata (Makino ex I.Tsuboi) Muroi & Sugim. (1971)
Bambusa liukiuensis Hayata (1916)
Bambusa multiplex f. albovariegata (Makino) Muroi in J. Himeji Gakuin Women's Coll. 1: 1 (1974)
Bambusa multiplex f. alphonse-karrii (Mitford ex Satow) Nakai (1932)
Bambusa multiplex var. elegans (Koidz.) Muroi in J.Sugimoto, New Keys Jap. Trees: 457 (1961)
Bambusa multiplex var. gracillima (E.G.Camus) Sad.Suzuki in J. Jap. Bot. 69: 34 (1994)
Bambusa multiplex var. incana B.M.Yang in J. Hunan Teacher's Coll. (Nat. Sci. Ed.) 6: 77 (1983)
Bambusa multiplex var. lutea T.H.Wen in J. Bamboo Res. 1(1): 31 (1982)
Bambusa multiplex var. nana (Roxb.) Keng f. in Techn. Bull. Natl. Forest. Res. Bur. 8: 17 (1948)
Bambusa multiplex var. pubivagina W.T.Lin & Zhi J.Feng in J. Bamboo Res. 12(2): 35 (1993)
Bambusa multiplex var. riviereorum Maire in Fl. Afrique N. 1: 355 (1952)
Bambusa multiplex var. shimadae (Hayata) Sasaki in Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 21: 118 (1931)
Bambusa multiplex f. solida Muroi & Maruy. in J.Sugimoto, New Keys Jap. Trees: 457 (1961)
Bambusa multiplex var. solida B.M.Yang in J. Hunan Teacher's Coll. (Nat. Sci. Ed.) 11: 235 (1988)
Bambusa multiplex var. strigosa (T.H.Wen) Keng f. ex Q.F.Zheng & Y.M.Lin in Fl. Fujianica 6: 40 (1995)
Bambusa multiplex f. variegata (E.G.Camus) Hatus. in S.Hatusima & Amano, Fl. Okinawa: 118 (1958)
Bambusa multiplex f. viridistriata (Makino ex I.Tsuboi) Muroi (1961)
Bambusa nana Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 199 (1832)
Bambusa nana f. albovariegata Makino in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 28 (1912)
Bambusa nana var. alphonse-karrii (Mitford ex Satow) Kawam. in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 21: 287 (1907)
Bambusa nana f. alphonse-karrii (Mitford ex Satow) Kawam. in J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 23: 2 (1907)
Bambusa nana var. gracillima E.G.Camus in Bambusées: 121 (1913)
Bambusa nana var. normalis Makino & Shiras. in Icon. Bamb. Jap.: 56 (1912)
Bambusa nana var. typica Makino ex I.Tsuboi in Ill. Jap. Sp. Bamb., ed. 2: 43 (1916)
Bambusa nana var. variegata E.G.Camus (1913)
Bambusa nana f. viridistriata Makino ex I.Tsuboi (1916)
Bambusa nana f. vittateargentea Makino ex I.Tsuboi(1916)
Bambusa pubivaginata W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu in J. Bamboo Res. 11(1): 29 (1992)
Bambusa shimadae Hayata (1916)
Bambusa sterilis Kurz ex Miq. (1866)
Bambusa strigosa T.H.Wen (1982)
Bambusa textilis var. persistens B.M. (1983)
Ischurochloa floribunda Buse in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh., prepr.: 50 (1854)
Leleba amakusensis Nakai in J. Jap. Bot. 10: 547 (1934)
Leleba dolichomerithalla (Hayata) Nakai (1933)
Leleba elegans Koidz. in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 3: 27 (1934)
Leleba floribunda (Buse) Nakai (1933)
Leleba floribunda f. viridistriata (Makino ex I.Tsuboi) Nakai 12 (1933)
Leleba liukiuensis (Hayata) Nakai (1933)
Leleba multiplex f. variegata (E.G.Camus) Nakai (1933)
Leleba shimadae (Hayata) Nakai (1933)
Ludolfia glaucescens Willd. in Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 320 (1808)
Triglossum arundinaceum Gamble in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 7: 391 (1896)

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VERNACULAR NAME

Arabic: خيزران السياج
Bantoanon: Bambo-tsina
Chinese (Simplified): 小琴丝竹 - 凤尾竹 - 孝顺竹
Chinese (Traditional): 孝順竹- 蓬萊竹
English: Hedge bamboo, Chinese dwarf bamboo
Hebrew: גידור במבוק
Hindi: हेज बाँस
Indonesian: Bambu Pagar, Bambu Cina
Japanese: ホウライチク - オキナワダケ
Javanese: Pring gĕndani
Korean: 울타리 대나무
Lithuanian: Tvorinis bambukas
Russian: Бамбук многосложный
Spanish: Bambú grueso
Sunda: Awi krisik
Thai: ไผ่เลี้ยง

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