Species

Chusquea galeottiana

Common Name(s)

Mexican climbing bamboo

Authority

Chusquea galeottiana Rupr. ex Munro

Family

Poaceae

Brief Description

Clumping bamboo with slender climbing/arching stems to 6 m; stems terete, solid.

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

Structural Class

Monocotyledonous Lianes

Year Naturalised

Seedlings first collected in NZ in 2018*

Origin

Southern Mexico

Reason for Introduction

Ornamental

Life Cycle and Dispersal

*Established in large garden near Whanganui, as a dense thicket after the planted parent plant flowered and died in 2012

This page last updated on 27 Oct 2019