Dinochloa is a genus of tropical clumping high-climbing bamboos in the grass family.Büse, Lodewijk Hendrik. 1854. Plantae junghuhnianae: enumeratio plantarum, quas, in insulis Java et Sumatra 387-388 in Latin
These species bear zigzag culms and fleshy fruits. They are found in the hill forests and lowland dipterocarp forest of southern China, Southeast Asia, and the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent.
Species 44 species are accepted.
formerly included See Cyrtochloa, Maclurochloa, and MelocalamusKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Dinochloa compactiflora - Melocalamus compactiflorus Dinochloa elevatissima - Melocalamus elevatissimus Dinochloa gracilis - Melocalamus mastersii Dinochloa indica - Melocalamus indicus Dinochloa major - Cyrtochloa major Dinochloa montana - Maclurochloa montana
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