Bambusa balcooa Roxb.

• Habit
• Culms: Caespitose, Clumping
• Culm Diameter: 6 - 15 cm
• Culm Internode Length: 20 - 40 cm
• Wall thickness: Thick-walled, up to 2.5 cm
• Height: 12 - 22 meter

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• Identification Features: Rhizomes short, pachymorph; young shoot blakish green with actute tip; culm color grayish green with pointed recurved branchlets; culm sheath without auricles; leaves 15-30 cm long 2.5-5 cm broad; inflorescence panicle, bearing spicate branching with bracteate heads.
• Flowering Cycle: 35 - 45 Years
• Distribution: Bangladesh, India (Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, West Bengal), Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam
• Altitude: Up to 700 meter
• Spacing for Cultivation: 7 x 7 meter
• Uses: Building and Construction, Edible shoots, Handicrafts, Pulp and Paper