Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_bambusa_longispiculata
Mahal Bamboo
Bambusa longispiculata
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About Mahal Bamboo
Mahal Bamboo (Bambusa longispiculata) is a post-contact introduced woody bamboo documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts the species as native from Assam to Myanmar and primarily associated with the wet tropical biome. The Kauaʻi record is an exact 2018 NTBG living-collection entry and is treated here only as cultivated presence.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Bambusa longispiculata
- Common names
- Mahal Bamboo
- Other names
- Bambusa longispiculata · Mahal Bamboo
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Current extent is unassessed; public locality is island level only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Arborescent woody grass (clumping bamboo)
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Mahal Bamboo (Bambusa longispiculata) is a post-contact introduced woody bamboo documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts the species as native from Assam to Myanmar and primarily associated with the wet tropical biome. The Kauaʻi record is an exact 2018 NTBG living-collection entry and is treated here only as cultivated presence.