Dendrocalamus sinicus explained

Dendrocalamus sinicus, the dragon bamboo, is a gigantic clumping bamboo native to Yunnan Province of China and to Laos. It has the largest culms of any known species of bamboo; up to 14.5inches wide with culm walls up to 2.3inches thick^[1] and the culm up to 151abbr=offNaNabbr=off in height. Each culm can weigh up to 990lb apiece.^{[2] [3] [4]} A plant eventually consists of about one hundred culms. This species was unknown to science prior to 1980, although well known to the citizens of Yunnan and Laos for centuries.

Notes and References

1. http://www.ynbambus.com/ Then click "Dendrocalamus sinicus"
2. Web site: EcoInternet | Real Climate Change and Environment News. forests.org. 2017-02-18.
3. Web site:

   XINHUANET ::

   . https://web.archive.org/web/20170218145449/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-08/28/content_1051547.htm. dead. February 18, 2017. news.xinhuanet.com. 2017-02-18.
4. http://www.bamboocraft.net/bamboo/showphoto.php?photo=3249&size=big&cat= A good photograph of a mature culm.