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Division
|
Angiosperms |
Class
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Monocotyledons |
Subclass
|
Glumiflorae |
Family Sub-family |
Poaceae Bambusoideae |
Genus |
Bambusa |
Species |
bambos |
Etymology:
|
Bambos or bambu, a latinised vernacular names |
Botanical name:
|
Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss. (B.arundinacea) (Retz.) Willd. |
Local/Trade names:
|
Spiny Bamboo, Thorny bamboo, Kanta bans |
Conservation status
|
Planted |
Description: |
A tall graceful, thorny bamboo with curved branches. Young shoots deep purple with few white stripes. The tip of growing shoots become blackish or yellowish with curled auricles, ciliated blades erect, tip blunt, glabrous. Culms strong, hollow, dull to deep green, 10-30 m tall, 2.7-10 cm in diameter at base; nodes comparatively larger in diameter than the internodes, sheath scar thick, uniform, remnants of sheath fibre present, in young culms a whitish or brownish band of pubescence above the nodes; supra nodal ring present, remnants of verticils of aerial root present on the supra nodal ridge up to 10th node; branch bud oval, 2-keeled, keels ciliate; internodes 15-30 cm long. |
Phenology |
Flowering gap is 44-49 years. |
Distribution |
Throughout India |
Where to see it |
Bambusetum |
Uses |
Its uses are for floating heavy timber and for structural purposes. Split culms are used for mat-making, basket works, etc. Young shoots are poisonous but picked or made into curries. Leaves and twigs are used as fodder and are largely consumed by elephants and cattle. |
Chief Conservator of Forests & Chief Wildlife Warden is the Head of the Department. There is one post of Conservator of Forests & two posts of Deputy Conservator of Forests viz.