SHOP 360 GARDEN Dendrocalamus giganteus, Dragon bamboo, Giant bamboo Seeds For Planting Seed  (25 per packet)

Dendrocalamus giganteus, also known as dragon bamboo or one of several species called giant bamboo, is a giant tropical and subtropical, dense-clumping species native to Southeast Asia. It is one of the largest bamboo species in the world. A very tall, large-culmed, grayish-green bamboo, it grows in clumps consisting of a large number of closely growing culms, and typically reaches a height of 30 meters (98 feet), but one clump in Arunachal Pradesh, India reached a height of 42 meters (137.9 feet). Under favorable conditions, it can grow up to 40 cm per day. It is cultivated at low and high altitudes, commonly along river banks, and in home gardens. It is found in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, Myanmar, and Thailand. Culms are straight and grayish green with a powdery appearance, becoming brownish green on drying, with a smooth surface. Young shoots are blackish purple. Internode length is 25–40 cm, and diameter is 10–35 cm. Culm walls are thin, branching only at the top.