It can be found extensively in Ratnapura and Kegalle districts, in waste lands of rainforest and also along stream banks and in forest gaps.

[1] Ochlandra stridula is a short, small, pale green shrubby bamboo about 2-6m tall.

Clumps are crowded and are composed of a large number of closely growing culms.

Culm sheath is green in young plants, the straw becomes colored when mature.

They are woven into mats, window blinds, screens and partitions and the leaves are used for thatching.