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Ochlandra travancorica Bold text A shrubby, reed like bamboo that occurs as an undergrowth in low-level evergreen and semi-evergreen forests of the Western Ghats region of southern India. The extensive reed bamboo patches have been exploited for paper manufacture by the Hindustan Paper Corporation at their mill at Veloor, Kottayam, Keraa and for the manufacture of Bambooply by the Kerala State Bamboo Development Corporation at Angamaly, Kerala.

Unlike other bamboos, O. travancorica produces fruits that are large and fleshy.