Bamboo Species of The Guyanas
8 genera, 13 species
Bamboo resources in the Guyanas (French Guyana, Guyana and Surinam) are unimportant to the local economy. Some ethnobotanical uses -- such as for making lances, bows, arrowheads, arrow shafts, knives and fishing harpoons -- have been reported by the indigenous people.
The most promising species are found in the genus Guadua, namely G. latifolia, G. macrostachya, G. weberbaueri and G. glomerata.
Other uses of bamboo in this region is limited to minor uses such tools and small implements for fishing and hunting, and as a medicinal plant.
Native woody bamboo species of the Guyanas:
- Arthrostylidium scandens
- Arthrostylidium venezuelae
- Aulonemia deflexa
- Chusquea linearis
- Guadua glomerata
- Guadua latifolia
- Guadua macrostachya
- Guadua weberbaueri
- Merostachys retrorsa
- Myriocladus distantiflorus
- Neurolepis angusta Swallen
- Rhipidocladum racemiflorum
- Rhipidocladum sibilans
Source: INBAR
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