Bambusa bambos

Bamboo
Species / Species database

Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss

Habit
Culms: Tufted
Culm Diameter: 15 - 18 cm
Culm Internode Length: 15 - 30 cm
Wall thickness: Thick-walled, up to 1.5 cm
Height: 20 - 30 meter

Identification Features: Woody bamboo with root thorns from the nodes; culm color dark green; leaves: 15-30 cm high, 8-15mm broad, lanceolate; Inflorescence an anormous panicle, branchlets spicate with loose clusters of five pale spikelets; Fruit a caryopsis, elliptic.
Flowering Cycle: 30 - 34, 30 - 45, and 44-49 Years are reported
Distribution: Indian Subcontinent to Indo – China. India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal) ), Bamgladehs, China, Myanmar, Pakisthan, Sri Lanka)
Altitude: 1000 - 1250 meter
Spacing for Cultivation:10 x 10 meter
Uses: Building and Construction, Scaffolding, Construction, Edible shoots, Furniture, Handicrafts, Pulp and Paper

Vernacular names of Bambusa bambos

Giant Throny bamboos, Indian thorny bamboo, Spiny bamboo, Thorny bamboo (English); Kotoba (Assam); baroowa, behor (West Bengal); Mula (Malayalam); daba (Orissa); Nal bans (Punjab); Saneibo (Manipur); Mungil (Tamil Nadu); Mulla veduru (Andhra Pradesh)

Synonym of Bambusa bambos

Arundo bambos L., Bambos arundo J.F.Gmel., Arundo excelsa Salisb., Bambusa indica André, Pl., Arundarbor bambos (L.) Kuntze, Bambusa bambusa Huth, Bambos bambos (L.) W.F.Wright, Arundo arborea Mill, Bambos arundinacea Retz, Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd, Bambos quinqueflora Stokes, Nastus arundinaceus (Retz.) Sm, Arundarbor arundinacea (Retz.) Kuntze, Arundo agrestis Lour, Bambos agrestis (Lour.)Poir, Bambusa agrestis (Lour.) Steud, Arundarbor agrestis (Lour.) Kuntze, Arundo bambu Lour., Arundo indica Noronha, Arundo maxima Lour., Bambos maxima Poir, Bambusa maxima (Poir.) Steud, Gigantochloa maxima (Poir.) Kurz, Arundarbor maxima (Poir.) Kuntze, Bambusa orientalis Nees, Ischurochloa arundinacea var. orientalis (Nees) Buse, Ischurochloa arundinacea var. orientalis (Nees) Buse, Bambusa arundinacea var. orientalis (Nees) Gamble, Bambusa arundo Wight ex Steud, Bambusa neesiana Arn. ex Munro, Bambusa arundinacea var. gigantea Bahadur, Bambusa bambos var. gigantea (Bahadur) Benn.& R.C.Gaur, Bambusa bambos f. gigantea (Bahadur) S.S.Jain & S.Biswas Arundarbor agrestis (Lour.) Kuntze, Arundo arborea Mill., Arundarbor bambos (L.) Kuntze, Bambos arundinacea Retz., Bambusa arundinacea var. orientalis (Nees) Gamble, Bambos arundo J.F.Gmel., Bambusa arundinacea( Retz.)Willd, Arundo bambu Lour.,Arundo indica Noronha, Arundo maxima Lour., Bambusa orientalis Nees, Bambusa arundo Wight ex Steud., Bambusa neesiana Arn. ex Munro, Bambusa arundinacea var. gigantea(Bahadur)

Flowering Reported: South Kanara and Malabar (1966), Satpras (1874-1884; Karnataka (1881) Kumaon Hills (1896) Walayar in 1913 to 1915. Wayanad and Kollegal (1913), 1991 Bihar and Odisha, 1913-1915), Coorg (1977- 1979) Chalakkudy (1981), Parambikkula (1984 -1985) Nilambur (1991), Wayanad (1991-1992), Attapady 1994 -1995)

Remarks: Widely distributed; cultivated species throughout India; If seeds can be stored under low temparature as well as low moisture content using desiccants prolonged the viability for 3 yards.

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