Giant Reed
नरकटஎருவைకాకివెదురు
Arundo donax L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Little
- tall
- 6.7 m
- wide
- 2.1 m
Poaceae
Formerly Aira bengalensis, Amphidonax bengalensis, Arundo bambusifolia, Arundo bengalensis, and 13 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or rhizomatous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- W. & C. Asia to Temp. E. AsiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 4.3 m to 9.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 1.5 m to 2.7 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Red, pink, brownRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -28.9 °C (USDA zone 5a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (6)
- Hindi
- नरकट
- Tamil
- எருவை
- Telugu
- కాకివెదురు
- Marathi
- देवनाळ
- Bangla
- নাল
- Malayalam
- ഈറ
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Arundo donax (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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