title: Ochlandra
text: # Ochlandra
  
  Ochlandra is a genus of Indian bamboo in the grass family).
  
  The species are endemic to the Western Ghats (India), except for one species from Sri Lanka.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Ochlandra beddomei - Kerala
  * Ochlandra ebracteata - India reed bamboo - Kerala
  * Ochlandra keralensis - Kerala
  * Ochlandra scriptoria - Tamil Nadu reed bamboo, Kerala reed bamboo - Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
  * Ochlandra setigera - Tamil Nadu, Kerala
  * Ochlandra sivagiriana - Tamil Nadu, Kerala
  * Ochlandra soderstromiana - Kerala
  * Ochlandra spirostylis - Kerala
  * Ochlandra stridula - Ceylon reed bamboo, Sri Lanka reed bamboo - Sri Lanka
  * Ochlandra talbotii - Karnataka
  * Ochlandra travancorica - elephant bamboo, India reed bamboo - Tamil Nadu, Kerala; naturalized in West Indies
  * Ochlandra wightii - Karnataka, Kerala
  
  ## Formerly included
  
  see Cathariostachys Nastus Schizostachyum Valiha
  
  * Ochlandra capitata - Cathariostachys capitata
  * Ochlandra elegantissima - Nastus elegantissimus
  * Ochlandra perrieri - Valiha perrieri
  * Ochlandra ridleyi - Schizostachyum latifolium
  