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Species of Bamboo |
Characteristic |
Distribution |
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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
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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
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Bambusa balcoa |
Tall grayish green
stems 15 to 21 metres high and 75 to 175mm in diameter. Internodes are 200
to 460 mm long. |
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Bambusa nutans |
6 to 12 metres
high and 35 to 75mm in diameter, with internodes 375 to 460mm long. |
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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. |
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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. |
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