Bambusa vulgaris

Botanical Description

Bambusa vulgaris is an erect, evergreen, clump-forming bamboo growing 15 - 20 metres tall. The thin-walled, hollow canes are 40 - 120mm in diameter with internodes 20 - 45cm long[ 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. , 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 has a very wide range of uses and is a very important component of the local economy in many areas of the tropics. It is widely cultivated in the tropics and subtropics both as an ornamental plant and for its many uses[ 302 Title Tropical Ornamentals; A Guide Publication Author Whistler. W. Arthur. Publisher Timber Press Inc. Oregon. Year 2000 ISBN 0-88192-448-2 Description An excellent little guide to some of the more commonly cultivated ornamental plants of the Tropics, often giving some information on the plants other uses. ]. It adds a particularly tropical forest appearance where it is planted, though it needs a lot of space to spread[ 302 Title Tropical Ornamentals; A Guide Publication Author Whistler. W. Arthur. Publisher Timber Press Inc. Oregon. Year 2000 ISBN 0-88192-448-2 Description An excellent little guide to some of the more commonly cultivated ornamental plants of the Tropics, often giving some information on the plants other uses. ].