Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J.C. Wendl.

Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J.C. Wendl.

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Systematic Classification:

Division   : Angiospermae 
Class      : Monocotyledons
Order      : Poales
Family     : Poaceae
Genus      : Bambusa
Species    : vulgaris

Common Name:

Common Bamboo

General Information:

Bambusa vulgaris, common bamboo, is an open-clump type bamboo species. It is native to Indochina and to the province of Yunnan in southern China, but it has been widely cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in several regions. Bambusa vulgaris forms moderately loose clumps and has no thorns.It has lemon-yellow culms (stems) with green stripes and dark green leaves.Stems are not straight, not easy to split, inflexible, thick-walled, and initially strong.The densely tufted culms grow 10–20 m (30–70 ft) high and 4–10 cm (2–4 in) thick. Culms are basally straight or flexuose (bent alternately in different directions), drooping at the tipsCulm walls are slightly thick.Nodes are slightly inflated. Internodes are 20–45 cm (7.9–17.7 in). Several branches develop from mid-culm nodes and above. Culm leaves are deciduous with dense pubescence. Leaf blades are narrowly lanceolate. Flowering is not common, and there are no seeds.

Economic Importance:

  • Common bamboo has a wide variety of uses, including the stems used as fuel and the leaves used as fodder,though a large amount of ingestion of leaves is known to cause neurological disorder among horses.
  • B. v. var. striata is used as ornamental solitary or as border hedge. Its shoots boiled in water are sometimes used for medicinal qualities.