Scientific Name :
Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss
Synonym :
Arundo agrestis Lour.
Bambos arundinacea Retz.
Common Name : Indian Thorny Bamboo, giant thorny bamboo, Kanta bans, Bans
Plant Family : Poaceae
Habit : Tree
Plant Description
Description : Bamboo type: Clumping bamboo, loosely clumped
Culm sheaths:15-30 cm × 6- 19 cm, dorsal surface covered with brown hairs and rough, ventral surface smooth shiny, leaf blade triangular and pointing, black hairs on ventral surface of blade, aruicles seen hardly
Leaves: Linear, lanceolate, apex pointed, 12-27 cm 1-4 cmlateral branches drooping down, narrow, broad, leathery
Stems: Broad, 2 to 3 lateral branches arising from nodes, tall bamboo
Internode distance: Upto 45 cm long, lateral branches internodes 3- 9 cm
Thorniness: Present
Native/ Exotic : N
Locality : TL
Distribution Range : Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China.
Uses : Useful in making good quality paper
Use in making building, ladder, mats and basket
