Oreobambos buchwaldii K. Schum.

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Tava Marsh, Moribane Forest

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Buchwa bamboo (English)
Frequency:	Probably rare and local
Status:	Native
Description:	Culms up to 20 m. tall, 5-10 cm. in diameter, usually drooping or spreading, rarely erect. Inflorescence very large, loose; clusters of spikelets 1.5-2 x 0.8-2.25 cm., up to twice their length apart.
Notes:	The colony at Tava Marsh, shown in the photographs, appears to be a first record for Mozambique.
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Habitat:	In clearings in rainforest, swampy forest and along mountain streams
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Worldwide distribution:	Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Mozambique distribution:	MS
Growth form(s):	Shrub over 2 m.
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Content last updated:	Saturday 4 August 2012
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 354. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 42. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 95. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 231. Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 49. Launert, E. (1971). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(1) Pages 19 - 20. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 150. White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 102 - 103.

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