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Merostachys
Same day. 2257
Bamboo (enorme)
Ba. Mun. Jaquaguara, Riacho de Ouro, 22 Km SE of Jaquaguara City.
Alt: [[strikethrough]] 650 [[/strikethrough]] 625 m sea level.

Large, tall bamboo ca. 20 m tall. [[image: drawing of plant]] overarching over trees.
Culm [[strikethrough]] 1.5 - 2 inch [[/strikethrough]] 4.5 - 5 cm in diameter - dark green; in the upper part of the internode with a white wax?
Culm sheath huge, narrow rounded at the tip, blade deciduous, only in very young new culms seen. They are smooth, no hairs or spine; abaxial [[new face?]] shiny,