梨竹属（学名：Melocanna）是禾本科下的一个属，为乔木状竹。该属共有2种，分布于印度、缅甸等地。

Melocanna is a genus of Asian clumping bamboo in the grass family.

The 48-year cycle of M. baccifera in northeastern India is responsible for the phenomenon called "mautam" or "bamboo death," in which large populations of bamboo flower at the same time, this being followed by a plague of rats, which in turn triggers a famine within the human populations.