Valiha (plant)

Valiha
	Type specimen of Valiha diffusa at the MNHN, Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Bambusoideae
Tribe:	Bambuseae
Subtribe:	Hickeliinae
Genus:	Valiha; S.Dransf.
Species
	Valiha diffusa ; Valiha perrieri

Valiha is a bamboo genus in the tribe Bambuseae found in Madagascar. The genus is named after a musical instrument, the valiha, which was formerly constructed from the culms of this plant.^[1] It may have come from Proto-Austronesian *balija or *baliga referring to Dendrocalamus strictus used to make cutting blades and beaters due to its hard properties – the beater tool also called a belira or balila in many related Austronesian languages – later transferred to newly discovered Malagasy bamboos.^[2]

References

^ Dransfield, Soejatmi (1998). "Valiha and Cathariostachys, Two New Bamboo Genera (Gramineae-Bambusoideae) from Madagascar". Kew Bulletin. 53 (2): 375–397. Bibcode:1998KewBu..53..375D. doi:10.2307/4114503. JSTOR 4114503.
^ 崎山理 (Feb 2010). "マダガスカルにおけるオーストロネシア系言語由来の植物名称の意味変". National Museum of Ethnology Research Report. 33 (2): 235–6. doi:10.15021/00003937.

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[Dransfield1998-1] Dransfield, Soejatmi (1998). "Valiha and Cathariostachys, Two New Bamboo Genera (Gramineae-Bambusoideae) from Madagascar". Kew Bulletin. 53 (2): 375–397. Bibcode:1998KewBu..53..375D. doi:10.2307/4114503. JSTOR 4114503.

[2] 崎山理 (Feb 2010). "マダガスカルにおけるオーストロネシア系言語由来の植物名称の意味変". National Museum of Ethnology Research Report. 33 (2): 235–6. doi:10.15021/00003937.

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