Chusquea galeottiana
Common name
Mexican climbing bamboo
Family
Poaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Lianes - Monocots
Conservation status
Not applicable
Brief description
Clumping bamboo with slender climbing/arching stems to 6 m; stems terete, solid.
Life cycle
*Established in large garden near Whanganui, as a dense thicket after the planted parent plant flowered and died in 2012.
Year naturalised
Seedlings first collected in NZ in 2018*
Origin
Southern Mexico
Reason for introduction
Ornamental