Dendrocalamus hamiltonii, or Hamilton's bamboo, is a species of bamboo, 12–15 cm in diameter and growing up to 15–18 m in height, found in South Asian countries such as, India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, and far eastern China.

[1] It is a tall, dull green-colored bamboo species with drooping tops, which grows in thickets consisting of a few closely growing culms.

Whitish bands occur below and above the nodes.

Culm sheaths are green when young and turn yellowish brown when mature, and are long and gradually tapering upwards from a flattened base.

Upper surfaces of the sheaths are covered with patches of blackish-brown hairs.