Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Neololeba atra (Lindl.) Widjaja
Widjaja, E.A. (1997) Reinwardtia 11: 114.
Bamboo; Cape Bamboo; Bamboo, Cape
Plants consist of a number of stems about 2-4 cm diam. growing in clumps and attaining a height of 6-7 m but often much smaller.
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Occurs in CYP and NEQ. Altitudinal range from near sea level to 200 m. Grows as an understory plant in gallery forest and other types of rain forest. Often forms a dense layer of tangled stems both living and dead which is difficult to traverse even with the aid of a brushhook. Also occurs in New Guinea, the Moluccas, northern Sulawesi and the Philippines.
An attractive clumping species, not yet well known, which has potential in horticulture. The stems have numerous uses.
The dead canes of this species are useful when lighting billy fires even in wet weather.