Culm 25-40 m tall by 18-37 cm DBH, with straight culms and drooping tops. The lower sections of Internode 16-25 cm long with 3-6 cm thick Culm walls, but the middle sections are 30-50 cm long with 1-2 cm thick Culm walls. The branches present a very high branching, at 7-10 m, with numerous branches and fairly developed principal branches. Sheath persistent for many years, leathery, longer than the Internode, with dense tiny setae on the dorsal surface and undeveloped auricles. Sheath ligules 5-7 mm long with the sheath blades erect or slightly extending. Leaf blade large, 24-45 cm long by 4-8 cm wide.
Dendrocalamus sinicus is mainly distributed in Xishuangbanna, Pu'er and Lincang and cultivated in the areas of Yuxi, Kunming, Red River and Dehong of Yunnan and also introduced and cultivated in Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan, but the cultivar doesn't grow as well as in its original places and also found in Burma, tolerant a temperature of -3℃.
Shooting time: June to September.
Florescence time: January to March.
Fruit period: March to April.
Viability of Dendrocalamus sinicus seeds: 5 months at normal atmospheric temperature and one year at 1 to 6℃.
Dendrocalamus sinicus is the largest bamboo in the world, therefore, planted in China Bamboo Museum, 1999's Kunming World Horticultural Expo Garden and 2010’s Shanghai Expo Garden for its giant, attractive and unique morphology. The timbers are used as the beams and pillars of building, carved stereopicture and flower pots, and also for man-made panels and paper-making. The shoots taste delicious, often used for air-dry shredded shoots, canned shoots and sour shoots. The bamboo stand is giant and upright and beautiful, used as an ornamental plant for landscaping and parks.
