Oxytenanthera braunii Pilg.

m-tß* op	mam.	ma«asöakti*a
r ?'	° r
üaytenaatber« brasali Mit;«; >
Ulaasi (lihefce) «ná for making
« bamboo wine*
A bamboo with stems up to 301ft*
feet tall growing with the calm®
rather widespread in the clump
calms at l~tft* solid* then
becoming hollow upward® with at
first tiiici; walls which become
lees tMfttk towards the ape*, of
the stems» young ahoots aoâ sheath®
oorered densely with criases tft
almost black neftdle like hairs
sheaths persi at lag m the ateta®.,
which are finely pubescent and
grey green glumes dark brownish
green produced in globose clueters»
eery short spike« er in short
slender ime ìbis® from about 4ft*
from the ground to the apex of
the stem leaves dark green ta
yellowish greca dell and reagì $*
the touch. Cultivated throughout
iringa* »ieabe and part of Mbaya
and Songes Ms tríete abere 4 *300f t#
ait* to e 7#ec>ert, nt«
fahaagese * nr» 2rings, IJ/d/ltdf*
?.J* aiáBMI 8440,
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