Indocalamus is a genus of about 35 species of flowering plants in the grass family (Poaceae),Nakai, Takenoshin. 1925. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 6(3): 148–149 descriptions in Latin, commentary in EnglishFlora of China Vol. 22 Page 135 箬竹属 ruo zhu shu Indocalamus Nakai, J. Arnold Arbor. 6: 148. 1925. native to central and southern China, Hainan, Vietnam, and Laos. They are quite small evergreen bamboos normally up to in height, initially forming clumps and then spreading to form larger thickets. They have thick, glossy leaves. Ruo leaves, used to wrap foods such as rice to produce zong during the Dragon Boat Festival, originated in Fujian and referred to Indocalamus longiauritus originally but now are nonspecific to just about any leaf wrap.
Some species were formerly included in Sasa and Sasamorpha.
Indocalamus latifolius, I. solidus and I. tessellatus are found in cultivation in temperate regions, being very hardy down to .
Species , Plants of the World Online accepts the following 32 species:
Formerly includedKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families see Acidosasa, Ampelocalamus, Arundinaria, Bashania, Bonia, Fargesia, Pleioblastus, Pseudosasa, Ravenochloa, Sinobambusa, and Yushania
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