Oldeania alpina
Oldeania alpina, the African alpine bamboo, is a perennial bamboo of the family Poaceae and the genus Oldeania. It can be found growing in dense but not large stands on the mountains and volcanoes surrounding the East African Rift between 2,500 meters and 3,300 meters elevation.
Description
;Stems and leaves: 200 – 1,950 centimeters tall and 5 – 12.5 centimeters in diameter; these grass stems get used as fencing, plumbing and other building materials. Culm sheaths are hairless or with red bristles.;Flowers: Branched cluster of flowers in solitary spikes, which can be dense or loose and are 5–15 centimeters long.
;Roots: Short rhizomes described as pachymorph.