The Colihue Cane Chusquea culeou Poaceae

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Colihue Cane Chusquea culeou Poaceae bamboo grasses grass South America Chusquea culeou the Colihue cane from southern Chile and adjacent western Argentina is notable as the most frost tolerant South American bamboo and the only one that has been grown successfully to any extent in the temperate northern hemisphere with successful growth as an ornamental plant north to Scotland The Colihue cane was used by the Mapuches indians to make instruments and as lances during the War of Arauco

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