Indocalamus is a genus of about 35 species of flowering plants in the grass family (Poaceae), native to China, Vietnam and Japan.[3][2][4] They are quite small evergreen bamboos normally up to 2 m (6.6 ft) in height, initially forming clumps and then spreading to form larger thickets. They have thick, glossy leaves.[5] Ruo leaves use to wrap foods like rice during dragon boat festival, originate in fujian refer to Indocalamus longiauritus originally but now are nonspecific to just about any leaf wrap.

Indocalamus
Indocalamus latifolius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Arundinarieae
Subtribe: Arundinariinae
Genus: Indocalamus
Nakai
Type species
Indocalamus sinicus[1][2]
(Hance) Nakai

Some species were formerly included in Sasa and Sasamorpha.

Indocalamus latifolius, I. solidus and I. tessellatus are found in cultivation in temperate regions, being very hardy down to −15 °C (5 °F).[5]

Species[6]
Formerly included[6]

see Acidosasa Ampelocalamus Arundinaria Bashania Bonia Fargesia Pleioblastus Pseudosasa Sinobambusa Yushania

References

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  1. ^ lectotype designated by McClure, Taxon 6(7): 203 (1957)
  2. ^ a b Tropicos, Indocalamus Nakai
  3. ^ Nakai, Takenoshin. 1925. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 6(3): 148–149 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  4. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 135 箬竹属 ruo zhu shu Indocalamus Nakai, J. Arnold Arbor. 6: 148. 1925.
  5. ^ a b Brickell, Christopher, ed. (2008). The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 302. ISBN 9781405332965.
  6. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families