Bambusa

auriculata

Common Name : Common Bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping/Sympodial

Culm / Color : Straight / Green

Height / Diameter : 10 - 20 m / 4 - 10 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : 7 - 15 mm / 20 - 45 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 - 1.200 m / all type of soil, degraded land

Climate /Rainfall : Tropical - Subtropical /Dry up to 2.000 mm

Usage : Poles, hedge, furniture, paper, medicine

balcooa

Common Name : Female Bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping/Sympodial

Culm / Color : Straight / Dark green with brownish powder

Height / Diameter : 6 - 20 m / 8 - 15 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : Up to 2 cm, 2/3 diameter / 20 - 40 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 - 1.200 m / all type of soil, degraded land

Climate /Rainfall : Tropical - Subtropical /2.300 - 3.000 mm

Usage : Biomass and gasification for electricity, construction, webbing, baskets, paper, scaffolding

balcoa var. Capensis

Common Name : Beema Bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping/Sympodial

Culm / Color : Straight / Dark Green

Height / Diameter : 16 - 20 m / 8 - 15 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : Up to 2 cm / 20 - 40 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 - 600 m / all type of soil, prefers heavy textured soil with good drainage

Climate /Rainfall : Tropical - Subtropical /2.300 - 3.000 mm

Usage : Biomass and gasification for electricity, construction, webbing, baskets, paper, scaffolding

beecheyana

Common Name : Beechey / silk ball bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping/Sympodial

Culm / Color : Straight / Green

Height / Diameter : Up to 16 m / 9 - 10 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : 1,5 - 2 cm / 34 - 41 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 - 1000 m / thrives well in heavy moist soil with good drainage with good drainage

Climate /Rainfall : Tropical - Subtropical /More than 1.400 mm

Usage : Shoot, cultivated in USA as ornamental

chungii 'Barbellata

Common Name : Baby blue bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping

Culm / Color : Straight / Green

Height / Diameter : 8 - 10 m / 2 - 4 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : 10 mm / 15 – 30 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 – 1.000 m / all type of soil

Climate /Rainfall : Subtropical – tropical / Moist environment up to 1.500 mm

Usage : Ornamental , landscape, screen, flute, straw

eutuldoides ' Viridi-vittata

Common Name : Asian lemon bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping

Culm / Color : Straight / lemon yellow with green lines.

Height / Diameter : 6 - 12 m / 4 - 6 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : 5 mm / 20 – 40 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 - 1.000 m / All type of soil

Climate /Rainfall : Subtropical – tropical / Up to 2.000 mm

Usage : Ornamental, landscape, hedge, screen

glaucophylla

Common Name : Malay Variegated Bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping

Culm / Color : Straight / Green culm

Height / Diameter : Up to 5 m / Up to 2,5 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : 8 mm / 20 – 25 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 - 1.000 m / all soil type

Climate /Rainfall : Subtropical – tropical / Dry up to 1.000 mm

Usage : Hedge, screen, garden, landscape, potted plants. For ornamental and indoor

heterostachya

Common Name : -

Rhizomes : Clumping

Culm / Color : Straight / Green

Height / Diameter : Up to 6 m / 2 – 4 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : 6 mm / 10 - 30 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 - 1.000 m / all soil type

Climate /Rainfall : Subtropical – tropical / Humid up to 1.000 mm

Usage : Hedge, screen, ornamental, potted plants

lako

Common Name : Timor black bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping

Culm / Color : Straight / Green

Height / Diameter : Up to 15 m / Up to 8 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : Up to 12 mm / 5 - 25 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 – 1.000 m / poor and dry land, suitable for mountain slopes

Climate /Rainfall : Tropical – subtropical / Dry up to 1.000 mm

Usage : Ornamental, garden, landscape, and potted plants

maculata

Common Name : Tutul, spotted bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping

Culm / Color : Straight / Green

Height / Diameter : Up to 15 m / Up to 7 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : Up to 10 mm / 30 - 35 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 – 1.000 m / poor and dry land, hill slopes

Climate /Rainfall : Tropical – subtropical / Dry up to 1.000 mm

Usage : Poles, hedge, furniture, paper, medicine

multiplex 'Shimadai'

Common Name : Shimadai

Rhizomes : Clumping

Culm / Color : Straight / dark yellowish green

Height / Diameter : 2,2 - 7 m / 1 - 2 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : 3 – 5 mm / 30 – 50 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 – 1.500 m / all type of soil. Thrives well on sandy loams

Climate /Rainfall : Subtropical – tropical / Up to 1.500 mm

Usage : Hedge (more dense and tightly binding together), wind breaker,

ornamental and indoor

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multiplex 'Green Hedge'

Common Name : Hedge Bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping

Culm / Color : Straight / Green

Height / Diameter : 2,2 - 7 m / 1 - 2 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : 3 – 5 mm / 30 – 50 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 – 1.500 m / all soil type. Thrives well on sandy loams

Climate /Rainfall : Subtropical – tropical / Up to 1.500 mm

Usage : Hedge, wind breaker, ornamental, and for indoor

multiplex 'Alphonse Karr'

Common Name : Yellow hedge Bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping

Culm / Color : Straight / yellow with green stripes

Height / Diameter : 2,2 - 7 m / 1 - 2 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : 3 – 5 mm / 30 – 50 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 – 1.500 m / all soil type. Thrives well on sandy loams

Climate /Rainfall : Subtropical – tropical / Up to 1.500 mm

Usage : Hedge and wind hedge ornamental and for indoor

multiplex 'Fernelaf' (small)

Common Name : Mini fern bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping

Culm / Color : Straight / Light Green

Height / Diameter : Up to 1 m / 1 - 2 mm

Thickness / Internode Length : Thick without cavity / Up to 2 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 – 1.000 m / all soil type. Thrives well on sandy loams

Climate /Rainfall : Subtropical – tropical / Up to 1.500 mm

Usage : Potted plant, bonsai, short hedge

multiplex 'Goldstripe'

Common Name : Goldstripe

Rhizomes : Clumping

Culm / Color : Straight / yellowish green

Height / Diameter : 4 - 7 m / 3 - 4 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : 8 – 12 mm / 15 - 30 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 – 1.000 m / all soil type. Thrives well on sandy loams

Climate /Rainfall : Subtropical – tropical / Up to 1.500 mm

Usage : Decorative, horticultural interest, garden, landscape, privacy screen or

hedge

oldhamii

Common Name : Giant timber bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping

Culm / Color : Straight / Green

Height / Diameter : Up to 20 m / 15 - 20 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : Up to 3 cm / 25 - 35 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 – 1.200 m, 50 – 1.000 m is better / all type of soil

Climate /Rainfall : Subtropical – tropical / Dry until 2.000 mm

Usage : Multi-use for industry, bamboo shoots

spinosa

Common Name : Spiny / Thorny bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping / Sympodial

Culm / Color : Straight / Green

Height / Diameter : Up to 25 m / Up to 20 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : Up to 3 cm / 25 - 60 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 - 300 m / often on heavy soils and on marginal land.

Climate /Rainfall : Tropical – subtropical / Up to 1.500 mm

Usage : Biomass, shoots, furniture, floors, ply-bamboo, chopsticks, pulp & paper, firewood

textilis 'Gracilis

Common Name : Slender weavers bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping

Culm / Color : Slender, slightly curved / Green

Height / Diameter : 8 - 10 m / Up to 3 - 5 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : 2 - 5 mm / 25 - 60 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 – 1.000 m / all type of soil

Climate /Rainfall : Subtropical – tropical / Dry up to 1.000 mm

Usage : For baskets, mats, ropes, hat, hedge

tuldoides (ventricosa)

Common Name : Slender weavers bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping

Culm / Color : Slender, slightly curved / Green

Height / Diameter : 8 - 10 m / Up to 3 - 5 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : 2 - 5 mm / 25 - 60 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 – 1.000 m / all type of soil

Climate /Rainfall : Subtropical – tropical / Dry up to 1.000 mm

Usage : For baskets, mats, ropes, hat, hedge

vulgaris 'Vitata'

Common Name : Painted bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping / Sympodial

Culm / Color : Not straight / yellow with green stripes

Height / Diameter : 10 – 20 m / 4 – 10 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : 10 – 17 mm / 20 – 45 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 - 1.200 m; grows best at low altitude / all type of soil

Climate /Rainfall : Tropical – subtropical / Dry – wet until 2.000 mm

Usage : Poles, hedge, furniture, paper, medicine

vulgaris 'Vulgaris'

Common Name : Common bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping / Sympodial

Culm / Color : Straight / Green

Height / Diameter : 10 - 20 m / 4 – 10 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : 7 – 15 mm / 20 -45 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 - 1.200 m; grows best at low altitude / all type of soil

Climate /Rainfall : Tropical – subtropical / Dry up to 2.000 mm

Usage : Poles, hedge, furniture, paper, medicine

vulgaris 'Wamin'

Common Name : Buddha’s belly bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping

Culm / Color : Straight / Green

Height / Diameter : Up to 3 m / 1 - 3 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : 8 mm / 4 – 10 swollen like balloon

Altitude /Soil : 0 - 1.200 m / all type of soil

Climate /Rainfall : Tropical – subtropical / Dry until 2.000 mm

Usage : Ornamental plant in garden, landscape, potted plant

yunnanensis

Common Name : Yunnan Bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping / sympodial

Culm / Color : Straight / Green

Height / Diameter : 8 - 15 m / 2 – 7,5 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : 5 - 10 mm / 15 – 40 cm

Altitude /Soil : 0 - 1.200 m / all type of soil

Climate /Rainfall : Tropical – subtropical / Up to 2.000 mm

Usage : Hedge, ornamental, garden, landscape, potted plants

sp. 'Longinternode'

Common Name : Longinternode bamboo

Rhizomes : Clumping

Culm / Color : Straight / Green

Height / Diameter : 15 – 20 m / 6 - 12 cm

Thickness / Internode Length : Thick, some solid at the bottom / over 1 m in middle culm

Altitude /Soil : 0 - 1.200 m / all type of soil

Climate /Rainfall : Tropical – subtropical / Up to 2.000 mm

Usage : Pulp, construction, charcoal, landscape, handicraft, flute, boards, biofuel