Bambusa balcooa

Botanical Description

Bambusa balcooa is an evergreen bamboo forming a dense clump of erect, woody stems that are usually around 16 - 20 metres tall but can reach up to 30 metres. The stems are around 8 - 15cm in diameter with a thick wall and internodes 40 - 45cm long[ 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. , 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ] This species is one of the most important village bamboos used for construction in Bangladesh[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is widely cultivated on a small scale in northeast India and Bangladesh and occasionally also outside this region[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. Whole culms or pieces are sold in local markets and transported from rural to urban areas[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].