''Dendrocalamus sikkimensis'' is a
bamboo
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species
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belonging to the ''Dendrocalamus''
genus
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. It has many branches that are normally orange in colour. It grows up to .
References
sikkimensis
Plants described in 1888
Taxa named by Daniel Oliver
Taxa named by James Sykes Gamble
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