Dendrocalamus
Common Name : Giant bamboo
Rhizomes : Clumping / Sympodial
Culm / Color : Straight / Green
Height / Diameter : 20 – 30 m / 8 – 20 cm
Thickness / Internode Length : 11 – 36 mm / 30 – 50 cm
Altitude /Soil : 0 – 1.500 m; thrives best at 400 – 500 m / all type of soil,
Climate /Rainfall : Tropical – subtropical / Wet – dry, max 2.000 mm
Usage : Bamboo shoots, construction, pulp, biomass, wood replacement for plywood (plyboo)
Common Name : Black giant bamboo
Rhizomes : Clumping
Culm / Color : Straight / Black
Height / Diameter : 20 – 30 m / 8 – 20 cm
Thickness / Internode Length : 11 – 36 mm / 30 – 50 cm
Altitude /Soil : 0 – 1.500 m; thrives best at 400 – 500 m / all type of soil,
Climate /Rainfall : Tropical – subtropical / Wet – dry, max 2.000 mm
Usage : Bamboo shoot, construction
Common Name : Thai clone giant bamboo
Rhizomes : Clumping
Culm / Color : Straight / Black
Height / Diameter : 10 – 15 cm / 4 – 10 cm
Thickness / Internode Length : 5 – 15 mm / 30 – 50 cm
Altitude /Soil : 0 – 1.500 m / all type of soil
Climate /Rainfall : Tropical – subtropical / Wet – dry, max 2.000 mm
Usage : Bamboo shoot
Common Name : Velvet leaf bamboo
Rhizomes : Clumping / sympodial
Culm / Color : Straight, sometimes crooked / ash-gray to greenish-gray
Height / Diameter : 10 – 33 m / 13 – 20 cm
Thickness / Internode Length : 20 – 25 mm / 30 - 38 cm
Altitude /Soil : 0 – 1.300 m / well-drained loamy soil
Climate /Rainfall : Tropical – subtropical / 0 – 1.000 mm
Usage : Building purposes, boat masts, furniture, water pots, basketry, handicrafts,
paper making
Common Name : Dragon bamboo
Rhizomes : Clumping / sympodial
Culm / Color : Straight / Grey - green
Height / Diameter : Up to 30 m / 18 -25 cm
Thickness / Internode Length : Up to 2,5 cm / 25 – 55 cm
Altitude /Soil : 0 - 1.200 m / all type of soil
Climate /Rainfall : Subtropical – tropical / Wet tropical until 1.200 mm
Usage : Bamboo shoots, furniture, lanterns, ply-bamboo, chopsticks, pulp & paper,
firewood
Common Name : Tama bamboo
Rhizomes : Clumping / sympodial
Culm / Color : Straight / green
Height / Diameter : 15 - 25 m / 10 – 19 cm
Thickness / Internode Length : 1 – 1,5 cm / 30 – 50 cm
Altitude /Soil : 200 – 1000 m / All type of soil, sand
Climate /Rainfall : Tropical – subtropical / 1.000 – 2.000 mm
Usage : Bamboo shoots, construction, crafts
Common Name : Taiwan giant bamboo
Rhizomes : Clumping
Culm / Color : Straight / green, yellowish and brownish
Height / Diameter : 14 – 25 m / 8 – 20 cm
Thickness / Internode Length : 0,5 – 3 cm / 20 – 70 cm
Altitude /Soil : 0 - 1.000 m / fertile soil
Climate /Rainfall : Subtropical – tropical / Up to 2.000 mm
Usage : Bamboo shoots, water pipes, baskets, paper
Common Name : Bamboo waya
Rhizomes : Clumping / Sympodial
Culm / Color : Straight / green - white
Height / Diameter : 10 - 24 m / 6 - 10 cm
Thickness / Internode Length : 6 – 10 mm / 22 - 42 cm
Altitude /Soil : Up to 1.000 m / all type of soil
Climate /Rainfall : Subtropical – tropical / Up to 1.000 mm
Usage :
Building purposes, bamboo board, furniture, basketry, matting and
handicrafts, paper pulp
Common Name : Male bamboo
Rhizomes : Clumping / Sympodial
Culm / Color : Often much curved / green when young, dull green or yellowish green on maturity
Height / Diameter : 8 - 16 m / 2,5 – 8 cm
Thickness / Internode Length : Thick-walled or solid / 30 - 45 cm
Altitude /Soil :0 - 1.200 m / all type of soil
Climate /Rainfall : Tropical – subtropical / 750 – 4.000 mm
Usage : Paper pulp, construction, furniture, edible shoot