Dendrocalamus sinicus

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| genus = Dendrocalamus

| species = sinicus

| authority = L.C.Chia & J.L.Sun

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Dendrocalamus sinicus, the dragon bamboo, is a gigantic clumping bamboo native to Yunnan Province of China and to Laos. It has the largest culms of any known species of bamboo; up to {{convert|14.5|in|cm}} wide with culm walls up to {{convert|2.3|in|cm}} thickhttp://www.ynbambus.com/ Then click "Dendrocalamus sinicus" and the culm up to {{convert|151|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} in height. Each culm can weigh up to {{convert|990|lb|kg}} apiece.{{cite web|url=http://forests.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=25225|publisher=forests.org|title=EcoInternet | Real Climate Change and Environment News|accessdate=2017-02-18}}{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-08/28/content_1051547.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218145449/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-08/28/content_1051547.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 18, 2017|publisher=news.xinhuanet.com|title=:: XINHUANET ::|accessdate=2017-02-18}}http://www.bamboocraft.net/bamboo/showphoto.php?photo=3249&size=big&cat= A good photograph of a mature culm. A plant eventually consists of about one hundred culms. This species was unknown to mainstream science prior to 1980, although well known to the citizens of Yunnan and Laos for centuries.