''Stapletonia arunachalensis'' ( syn. ''Schizostachyum arunachalensis'') is a

bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial plant, perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily (biology), subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in th ...

in the tribe

Bambuseae The Bambuseae are the most diverse tribe of bamboos in the grass family ( Poaceae). They consist of woody species from tropical regions, including some giant bamboos. Their sister group are the small herbaceous bamboos from the tropics in tr ...

and subtribe

Melocanninae The Melocanninae is a subtribe of bamboo (tribe Bambuseae of the family Poaceae). Genera Nine genera were accepted by Soreng et al.: *'' Annamocalamus'' *'' Cephalostachyum'' *'' Davidsea'' *'' Melocanna'' *'' Neohouzeaua'' *'' Ochlandra'' *' ...

in the family

Poaceae Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivate ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeast India. It was formed from the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and India declared it as a state on 20 February 1987. Itanagar is its capital and la ...

State in

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. The culms grow to tall and diameter, and have very long

internodes A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant, the other being the root. It supports leaves, flowers and fruits, transports water and dissolved substances between the roots and the shoots in the xylem and phloem, engages in pho ...

, up to in length, possibly the longest of any bamboo. It is one of very few bamboos with fleshy fruit, 5 cm diameter and superficially resembling an

apple An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus'' spp.). Fruit trees of the orchard or domestic apple (''Malus domestica''), the most widely grown in the genus, are agriculture, cultivated worldwide. The tree originated ...

References

Bambusoideae Grasses of India Flora of Arunachal Pradesh {{Bamboo-stub