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Dendrocalamus is a tropical genus of giant clumping bamboo, which are similar to the genus Bambusa. With about 29 species, this genus is found from the Indian subcontinent throughout Southeast Asia. Dendrocalamus giganteus is one of the tallest of bamboos, capable of reaching heights up to 30 m.^[1]

D. asper
D. bogar
D. brandisii
D. giganteus
D. grandis
D. hamiltonii
D. latiflorus Munro - Taiwanese giant bamboo (Chinese: 麻竹; pinyin: mázhú; Wade–Giles: ma-chu); source of food product known generally in Japan as menma (メンマ, 麺麻、麺碼) used foremost as ramen condiment, and in China known variously as "shredded bamboo shoots" (Chinese: 筍絲; pinyin: sǔnsī; Wade–Giles: sun-ssu) etc., depending on the processed product.
D. jianshuiensis
D. minor
D. sikkimensis
D. strictus - phai sang (Thai: ไผ่ซาง) — Male Bamboo, Calcutta Bamboo
D. yunnanica

The following taxa have been brought into synonymy with Dendrocalamus:

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 *''[[Dendrocalamus grandis|D. grandis]]''
 *''[[Dendrocalamus hamiltonii|D. hamiltonii]]''
-*''[[Dendrocalamus latiflorus|D. latiflorus]]'' Munro - [[Taiwanese giant bamboo]], {{zh|s=麻竹|p=|w=}}; source of food product known generally in Japan as {{Nihongo|[[menma]]|メンマ, 麺麻、麺碼}} used foremost as [[ramen]] condiment, and in China known variously as {{zh|s=筍絲|p=sǔnsī|w=sun-ssu}} etc., depending on the product.
+*''[[Dendrocalamus latiflorus|D. latiflorus]]'' Munro - [[Taiwanese giant bamboo]] ({{zh|s=麻竹|p=mázhú|w=ma-chu}}); source of food product known generally in Japan as {{Nihongo|[[menma]]|メンマ, 麺麻、麺碼}} used foremost as [[ramen]] condiment, and in China known variously as "shredded bamboo shoots" ({{zh|s=筍絲|p=sǔnsī|w=sun-ssu}}) etc., depending on the processed product.
 *''[[Dendrocalamus jianshuiensis|D. jianshuiensis]]''
 *''[[Dendrocalamus minor|D. minor]]''