| Timor black bamboo | |
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| mature culms, cult. Sydney | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Bambusa |
| Species: | B. lako
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| Binomial name | |
| Bambusa lako | |
Bambusa lako, known as Timor black bamboo,[1] is a large species of bamboo originating from the island of Timor; its black culms may reach 21 m (69 ft) in height. A 2000 molecular study places it as closely related to the similar Indonesian species Gigantochloa atroviolacea, from which it was separated in 1997; it may soon be placed in that genus. Bambusa lako can only be grown in climates that are mostly frost-free.
- ^ "Growing bamboos". Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. Government of Western Australia. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2018.