Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J.C.Wendl.

PLANTS OF FIJI
A. C. Smith, no. 45X4
Bambusa vulgaris Schrad
April 28-May 17, 1947
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nl vavalangi.n The common bamboo of
northern and western Viti Levu, abundant along
wooded streams and cm edge of forest In
grassland} clumps very dense, to 20 m. high;
stems to 10 cm. diam. Much used by Fijians;
said never to flower.
"VITI LEVU: Mba: Vicinity of Nalotawa, eastern base of Mt. Evans Range;
ait-. 550—6.00 m.
Collected under the auspices of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, with the aid of
grants from the Penrose Fund of the American Philosophical Society
and the Baehe Fund of the National Academy of Sciences
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