Species of Bamboo

Characteristic

Distribution

Dendrocalumus strictus

Culms large, 8 - 16 mtr. height, 2.5 to 8 cm. thick, dull green or yellowish curved, internodes upto 45 cms long, rough.

Widely distributed in India in semi dry and dry zones.

Bambusa bambose

Culms usually bright green, shining, 15 - 30 mtr. height and 15 - 18 cm dia, nodes slightly swollen and internodes usually 20-40 cms long.

Largely available in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Manipur. Also available in small quantities in other parts of India.

Melacana baccifera

Culm 10 - 20 mtr. height, 3 to 7 cm. dia green when young, straw coloured when old, longest internodes 20 - 50 cms

Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, West Bengal and other parts of Eastern India

Ochlandra travancorica

Culm 25 - 50 mtr. height, 4 to 7.5 cm. dia glabrious on both surfaces, whitish beneath, internodes 80 - 100 cms.

Kerala,Tamilnadu.

Oxytenathera nigrociliata

Culm 5 - 8 mtr. height, 2.5 to 5 cm. dia, thick walled, dark green with yellowish stripes, internodes 20 - 30 cms long.

Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Orissa, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka.

Bambusa arundanacea

Bright green shiny culms 24.5 to 30.5 metres high and 150 to 175mm in dia. Wall thickness of 25 mm to 50mm.

Lower Himalyas and Indus and Ganges.

Bambusa balcoa

Tall grayish green stems 15 to 21 metres high and 75 to 175mm in diameter. Internodes are 200 to 460 mm long.

Bengal to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

Bambusa nutans

6 to 12 metres high and 35 to 75mm in diameter, with internodes 375 to 460mm long. 

Lower Himalayas, Assam, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.

Bambusa tulda

Evergreen grayish green gregarious bamboo 6 to 21 metres high and 50 to 150mm in diameter. Internodes are 300 to 610mm long and wall thickness are 8 to 13mm. 

Bengal, Assam and Burma.

Dendrocalamus hemiltonii

Erect or curved culms upto 25metres high and 100 to 175mm in diameter. Internodes are 300 to 500mm long and wall thickness is about 13mm.

Assam, the Khasi Hills and in the sub Himalayan region.

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