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...of the seeds is eaten in China. In Amboina, in the East Indies, the young bamboo shoots, cut in slices and pickled, are used as a provision for long voyages BAMBOO. ...

Local people consider this bamboo as sacred, giving protection against evil influences. Densely tufted bamboo. Culm about 8 m tall, erect with drooping tips, dull green, diameter 1.5-4 ...

''Gramineae''. BAMBOO. BAMBOO. ...

...culms of ''D. pendulus'' is considerable, reaching 20% of the total annual bamboo culm consumption by the local industry. Closely tufted, sympodial bamboo. Culm 10-30 m tall, diameter 6-12 cm, wall 5-11 mm thick, arching over with ...

Monopodial bamboo. Culm up to 1.5 m tall, 3-5 mm in diameter. Branches 2-6 at each node, each ...

...ronger tube made from a larger part of the culm. In Kepong (Malaysia) this bamboo is also used for soil stabilization and erosion control on forest roads. Densely tufted, sympodial bamboo, forming a compact clump. Culm slender, 6-10 m tall, 2-4 cm in diameter, wa ...

*English: Mountain bamboo Mountain gorges and tops forming the bamboo zone, usually in Moist and Wet Dega agroclimatic zones in Gojam, Shoa, Kefa ...

Small slender bamboo. Culm 4-5 m tall, diameter 8-10 mm, erect with pendulous tip, often scrambl ...

*English: Lowland bamboo In continental Africa, the lowland bamboo grows in Ethiopia, and westward to Senegal and southward to Zimbabwe. It is ...

Scrambling bamboo. Culm 6-8 m tall, diameter 2-5 cm, relatively thin-walled; internodes 20-25 ...

*Large green bamboo (En). ...orthern Provinces (South Africa) fashion ritual flutes from the stems of a bamboo species, possibly ''Oreobambos buchwaldii''. ...

...own in Madagascar as ‘valiha’. Nowadays this instrument is made from other bamboo species with longer internodes. The split and flattened stems are woven int *Bamboo with elongated, necked rhizomes; stem (culm) solitary, up to 10 m tall and ...

Densely tufted, sympodial bamboo. Culm up to 10 m tall, 3-6 cm in diameter, wall 8-10 mm thick; internodes u ''G. hasskarliana'' is a very fast-growing bamboo species, developing readily from rhizome and culm cuttings. ...

Open tufted bamboo. Culm erect first, then leaning on trees, with long drooping tip, 15-20 m l ...

...rally often the dominant tree of the woodland zone just above the mountain bamboo. Occasionally found also at lower altitudes. Formerly one of the commonest ...

Erect and densely tufted bamboo. Culm up to 18 m tall, diameter 10 cm; internodes 30-47 cm long with scatte ...

Loosely tufted bamboo. Culm 3-4 m tall, usually erect, dull green, diameter 1.5-2 cm; internodes ...

...my in the Indo-Malesian region. In: Lessard, G. & Chouinard, A. (Editors): Bamboo research in Asia. Proceedings of a workshop held in Singapore, 28-30 May 19 ...): Bamboo in Asia and the Pacific. Proceedings of the fourth international bamboo workshop held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, November 27-30, 1991. Food and Agric ...

*Hedge bamboo, Chinese dwarf bamboo (En) ...s also used to make handicrafts such as bookcases. In the Philippines this bamboo is being tested for its suitability as paperpulp. In Taiwan it is planted a ...

*Giant bamboo (En). *Bamboo with elongated, long-necked rhizomes; stem (culm) solitary, up to 15(–22) m ...