• Melocanna is a genus of Asian clumping bamboo in the grass family. The 48-year cycle of M. baccifera in northeastern India is responsible for the phenomenon...
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    Melocanna baccifera is one of two bamboo species belonging to the Melocanna genus. It grows up to 10–25 m tall. It is native to Bangladesh, Myanmar, India...
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    which in turn creates a widespread famine in those areas. During mautâm, Melocanna baccifera, a species of bamboo, flowers at one time across a wide area...
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    Nianhochloa subtribe Melocanninae: Annamocalamus, Cephalostachyum, Davidsea, Melocanna, Neohouzeaua, Ochlandra, Pseudostachyum, Schizostachyum, Stapletonia subtribe...
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    Subtribe Melocanninae: 9 genera: Annamocalamus, Cephalostachyum, Davidsea, Melocanna, Neohouzeaua, Ochlandra, Pseudostachyum, Schizostachyum, Stapletonia....
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    56.2 American Narrow-Leaved Bamboo Guadua angustifolia 38 Berry Bamboo Melocanna baccifera 12.8 69.9 57.6 Japanese timber bamboo Phyllostachys bambusoides...
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    Bulletin Scientifique (8). IRAT. Stapf, Otto (1904). "On the Fruit of Melocanna bambusoides, Trin., an Endospermless, Viviparous Genus of Bambuseae"....
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    Fla.: Horticultural Books, Inc., 1980 reprint - orig 1960) p. 139. "Melocanna baccifera Description". GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. RBG...
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    consequences, however. For example, devastating consequences occur when the Melocanna bambusoides population flowers and fruits once every 30–35 years around...
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  • chinensis. Phylogenetically, Leptocanna is an intermediate genus between Melocanna and Schizostachyum. Natives of Southeast Yunnan use this species for the...
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