Sporadic flowering of Bambusa tulda in Mizoram: A preliminary report

David C. Vanlalfakawma , F. Lalnunmawia, Sukanta Kumar Sen, S.K. Tripathi

Science Vision 17 (3), 160-162 | Published on 30 September 2017 | https://doi.org/10.33493/scivis.17.03.04

Abstract

Bambusa tulda Roxb. is a semi-deciduous caespitose bamboo endemic to Indo-Burma. It is known as ‘rawṭhing’ in Mizoram, India, and its mass gregarious flowering is called ṭhingtâm. ‘Ṭhingtâm’ has a cycle of about 45-50 years. The first ṭhingtâm, recorded in the region was in 1880, which was preceded by mautâm (gregarious flowering of Melocanna baccifera) in 1862; i.e., the ṭhingtâm phenomenon occurred ~20 years after the Mautâm. The last ṭhingtâm was recorded in 1981. However, there has been a localised ṭhingtâm at Zawlnuam, a village at the northwestern Mizoram. The first flowering was recorded in 2015. This unusual phenomenon needs to be investigated.

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