Schizostachyum lima

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Poaceae}}

{{Expand Tagalog|Anos|date=January 2012}}

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| genus = Schizostachyum

| species = lima

| authority = (Blanco) Merr.{{cite conference

| first = Cristina A.

| last = Roxas

| title = Country Reports: Bamboo research in the Philippines

| book-title = Bamboo - Conservation, Diversity, Ecogeography, Germplasm, Resource Utilization and Taxonomy

| publisher = International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

| date = May 10–17, 1998

| location = Kunming and Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

| url = http://www2.bioversityinternational.org/publications/Web_version/572/ch30.htm

| access-date = 2012-01-30 }}

| synonyms = Arundarbor lima (Blanco) Kuntze

Bambusa lima Blanco

Schizostachyum hallieri Gamble

Schizostachyum stenocladum A.Camus

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:421022-1|title= Schizostachyum lima (Blanco) Merr.|author=|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date= August 23, 2020}}

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Schizostachyum lima is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is a bamboo that in Tagalog is commonly called anos / bokawe / bocaue, and in Cebuano: bagakay.{{cite web

| title = Anos

| work = Carolina Bamboo Garden Photo Gallery

| publisher = Carolina Bamboo Garden

| url = http://www.carolinabamboogarden.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=86

| access-date = 2012-01-30 }} It is propagated using seeds or rhizome cuttings. In the Philippines, it is often used for making sawali, fishing rods, and musical instruments. In some rural areas of the country, midwives still use sharp knives made of Schizostachyum lima to cut the newborn's umbilical cord.

The name of the Barangay (village) of Anos in Los Baños, Laguna is derived from this species.