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Bambusa vulgaris

Syn. Leleba vulgaris

IUCN Red List Not Evaluated (NE)

Local name

  • Common bamboo (English)
  • Baans (Hindi)
  • Vaans (Gujarati)

Grass type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Poaceae
10m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Bambusa vulgaris bark

Bark

Culms bright green to yellow, smooth, hollow, thick-walled; nodes prominent; internodes long. Branches arising from nodes.

Bambusa vulgaris leaves

Leaves

Linear-lanceolate, narrow; base sheathing; margins scabrous; apex acute.

Bambusa vulgaris flower

Flower

Grass-type; small, inconspicuous. Spikelets with glumes and lemmas; lodicules present.

Bambusa vulgaris fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

Caryopsis (grain), rarely produced. Small, kidney shaped, glossy brown, about 6mm long. Fruits are rarely produced.

Bambusa vulgaris

Did you know?

Some cultivated forms have striking yellow culms with green stripes, making this useful bamboo an ornamental feature as well as a source of construction material.

Distribution

World map showing distribution

Assam to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China, Worldwide