Valiha (plant)

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Valiha diffusa MNHN-P-P00754007.jpg

|image_caption = Type specimen of Valiha diffusa at the MNHN, Paris

|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Valiha

|authority = S.Dransf.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = Valiha diffusa

Valiha perrieri

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Valiha is a bamboo genus in the tribe Bambuseae found in Madagascar. The genus is named after a musical instrument, the valiha, which was formerly constructed from the culms of this plant.{{cite journal |last1=Dransfield |first1=Soejatmi |year=1998 |title=Valiha and Cathariostachys, Two New Bamboo Genera (Gramineae-Bambusoideae) from Madagascar |journal=Kew Bulletin |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=375–397 |jstor=4114503 |doi=10.2307/4114503|bibcode=1998KewBu..53..375D }}