Oreobambos buchwaldii

Botanical Description

Oreobambos buchwaldii is an evergreen, clump-forming bamboo with short rhizomes. The woody, hollow, thin-walled stems are usually spreading or drooping; they can be up to 20 metres tall and 10cm in diameter. Th plant grows in small dense patches or solitary clumps[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The stems are harvested from the wild for local use in construction, weaving, basket making etc and are sometimes traded in local markets[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is sometimes used in soil conservation projects. Oreobambos buchwaldii has not as yet been evaluated in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. However, it occurs scattered and is, as far as known, not planted, and might be liable to genetic erosion. In Zambia it has been extensively over-utilized and appears to be already extinct in some localities[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].