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Bambusa balcooa Roxb.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Bambusa

Characteristics

Woody tree, 15-21 m high, grows in dense clumps; rhizomes sympodial; reproduces freely from rhizomes, as well as from seeds; culms 60-80(-120) mm in diam., arch gracefully at top; culm sheath with brown hairs. Leaf blade up to 150 x 40 mm, pseudopetiolate; auricles absent; ligule an unfringed membrane. Inflorescence a panicle of 1-many pseudospikelets in globose clusters, sessile on nodes. Spikelet 7-16 mm long; glumes 1-3, ± equal. Florets 1-many, bisexual; lemma and palea hairy; anther 4-5 mm long, brown, many, hanging outside on very long filaments; style hairy. Flowering rare and sporadic.
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Tree, 15-21 m high, grows in dense clumps; rhizomatous; culms arch gracefully above. Culm sheath with brown hairs, auricles absent. Leaf blade to 150 x 40 mm; ligule an unfringed membrane. Spikelet 7-16 mm long; lemma and palea hairy; anther 4-5 mm long, brown, numerous, hanging outside on very long filaments; style hairy. Reproduces freely from rhizomes as well as from seeds.
Rhizomatous, 15-21 m high, growing in dense clumps, culms arching gracefully at top. Leaf blades up to 150 mm long, up to 40 mm wide. Spikelets 7-16 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.5
Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 20.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Open places in Nepal; at elevations up to 1,600 metres.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses fiber material medicinal poison wood
Edible roots shoots
Therapeutic use Astringents (bark), Diuretics (bark), Emollients (bark), Hemorrhage (bark), Menstruation disturbances (bark), Nausea (bark), Vomiting (bark), Diaphoretic (bark), Anti-infective agents (leaf), Burns (leaf), Cough (leaf), Diuretics (leaf), Emollients (leaf), Fever (leaf), Pharyngitis (leaf), Wound healing (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Diaphoretic (leaf), Cooling effect on body (leaf), Diuretics (root), Emollients (root), Diaphoretic (root), Diuretics (shoot), Emollients (shoot), Diaphoretic (shoot), Abortifacient (unspecified), Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Bilious (unspecified), Burn (unspecified), Catarrh (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Decoagulant (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Eye (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Flu (unspecified), Hepatosis (unspecified), Insectifuge (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Paralysis (unspecified), Pectoral (unspecified), Pneumonia (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Refrigerant (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Stroke (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Erysipelas (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Contraceptive agents (whole plant excluding root)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 22 - 28
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Bambusa balcooa unspecified picture

Distribution

Bambusa balcooa world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Viet Nam, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:392253-1
WFO ID wfo-0000853059
COL ID 5WCGR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Arundarbor balcosa Bambusa capensis Dendrocalamus balcooa Bambusa vulgaris Bambusa balcooa
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