Bambusa tulda Roxb.

• Habit
• Culms: caespitose
• Culm Diameter: 5 - 10 cm
• Culm Internode Length: 36 - 60 cm
• Wall thickness: Thin-walled
• Height: 6 - 20 meter

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• Identification Features: Culm mid-green or grey; Culm-sheaths 15-23 cm long with appressed hairs with tawny hairs; Leaves linear or oblong, 15-25 cm long; Inflorescense sometimes an immense leafless panicle, sometimes a short leafy paniculate or spicate branch; Fruit is a Caryopsis 7.5mm long, oblong, hirsute at the apex, furrowed.
• Flowering Cycle: 30 - 60 Years
• Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal) Bangladesh, Bhutan,China, Myanmar, Nepal.
• Altitude: Up to 1500 meter
• Spacing for Cultivation:5 x 5 meter
• Uses: Edible:Pickle making, Paper, Scaffoldings, making toys, mats, screens, wall plates, wall hangers, hats, baskets, food grain containers.