Giant Reed (Arundo donax)


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Arundo is a genus of two or three species of cane: stout, perennial grasses from the family Poaceae, native to the Mediterranean region east to India, China and Japan.[1] They grow to 3–6 m tall, occasionally to 10 m, with leaves 30-60 cm long and 3-6 cm broad.


Read about Arundo in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Arundo (an ancient Latin name for A. Donax). Gramineae. Reed. Tall reed-like grasses with broad flat blades and large plume- like terminal panicles: spike- lets 3-4-fld.; glumes narrow, acute; rachilla naked; lemmas long-pilose.—Species about 6, in the warmer regions of the Old World.


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