''Bambusa longispiculata'', or Mahal bamboo, is a species of clumping

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native to

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and

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

, but widely grown in many other countries including Australia. Growing in wide and open clumps, it makes an excellent shelter for

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. It is not suited for harvesting and is very suitable for

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on dam faces. It can grow up to a height of 10 m, and a thickness of 5 cm.Bambusa longispiculata
, OzBamboo; ''Retrieved: 2007-12-19''Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.

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longispiculata Flora of Myanmar Flora of Bangladesh Plants described in 1906 {{Bamboo-stub