Bambusa Species List

157 Species

Bamboos of the genus Bambusa are subtropical and tropical clumping bamboos native to: Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Kampuchea, Vietnam, China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia, and Madagascar.

Bamboo Biodiversity in the Asia-Pacific region

Bambusa is a medium to large size bamboo genus, and very popular among growers and cultivators. Bambusa species are usually very strong and have thick culm walls, with small branches and small leaves.

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Species Name	Diameter	Height
Bambusa affinis	25-35 mm	5-6 m
Bambusa alamii	20-35 mm	8-12 m
Bambusa albofolia	15 mm	2 m
Bambusa albolineata	35-55 mm	6-8 m
Bambusa albostriata	50 mm	12 m
Bambusa amahussana		2-3 m
Bambusa amplexicaulis	25 mm	3 m
Bambusa andamanica
Bambusa angustiaurita	30-60 mm	8-10 m
Bambusa angustissima	50 mm	9 m
Bambusa annulata	20-25 mm	2 m
Bambusa arnhemica		5-15 m
Bambusa atra	20-40 mm	5-12 m
Bambusa atrovirens	50-70 mm	8 m
Bambusa aurinuda	40-100 mm	8-11 m
Bambusa australis		11 m
Bambusa balcooa	75-150 mm	16-20 m
Bambusa bambos	100-150 mm	20-30 m
Bambusa basihirsuta	60-90 m	7-12 m
Bambusa beecheyana	60-100 mm	6-15 m
Bambusa beecheyana var. pubescens	140 mm	15 m
Bambusa bicicatricata	55-75 mm	10-12 m
Bambusa binghamii
Bambusa blumeana	80-200 mm	15-25 m
Bambusa blumeana 'Wei-fang Lin'
Bambusa boniopsis	10-20 mm	2-4.5 m
Bambusa breviflora	50-80 mm	12 m
Bambusa breviflora var. hainanensis
Bambusa brevispicula		20 m
Bambusa brunneoaciculia	5-25 mm	3.5-6.5 m
Bambusa burmanica	80-120 mm	15-20 m
Bambusa cacharensis	50-100 mm	18-21 m
Bambusa cerosissima	40-50 mm	10-15 m
Bambusa chungii	30-60 mm	12-18 m
Bambusa chungii var. barbellata
Bambusa chungii var. petilla	10 mm	3-4 m
Bambusa chunii	45-65 mm	10-14 m
Bambusa clavata	45-90 mm	10-20 m
Bambusa comillensis	30-50 mm	5-10 m
Bambusa contracta	20-30 mm	5-6 m
Bambusa copelandii	16-19 mm	15-20 m
Bambusa corniculata	40-70 mm	8 m
Bambusa cornuta	35 mm	7-8 m
Bambusa cornigera	60-80 mm	8-13 m
Bambusa crispiaurita	20-60 mm	8 m
Bambusa diaoluoshanensis	40-50 mm	10 m
Bambusa dissimulator	50-75 mm	10-15 m
Bambusa dissimulator var. albinodia
Bambusa dissimulator var. hispida
Bambusa distegia	45 mm	10 m
Bambusa dolichoclada	40-110 mm	6-20 m
Bambusa dolichoclada 'Stripe'
Bambusa dolichomerithalla	20-50 mm	4-10 m
Bambusa dolichomerithalla 'Green Stripestem'
Bambusa dolichornerithalla 'Silverstripe'
Bambusa duriuscula	100 mm	10-12 m
Bambusa edulis	75-130 mm	10-20 m
Bambusa emeiensis	30-60 mm	5-10 m
Bambusa emeiensis 'Chrysotrichus'
Bambusa emeiensis f. viridiflava
Bambusa emeiensis f. flavidorivens
Bambusa eutuldoides	40-60 mm	6-12 m
Bambusa eutuldoides var. basistriata
Bambusa eutuldoides var. viridivittata	20-35 mm	4-6 m
Bambusa farinacea	35-70 mm	8-10 m
Bambusa fecunda	10-30 mm	3-6 m
Bambusa fimbriligulata	30 mm	6 m
Bambusa flavonoda	30-40 mm	7-9 m
Bambusa flexuosa	35-75 mm	6-10 m
Bambusa forbesii
Bambusa fruticosa		3-4 m
Bambusa funghomii	65mm	15 m
Bambusa gibba	35-60 mm	7-10 m
Bambusa gibboides	50-70 mm	10-12 m
Bambusa glabrovagina	15-40 mm	3-7 m
Bambusa glaucophylla	15-25 mm	5 m
Bambusa grandis	80-100 mm	10-15 m
Bambusa griffithiana
Bambusa guangxiensis		3 m
Bambusa hainanensis		10-13 m
Bambusa heterostachya	30-60 mm	6-10 m
Bambusa hirsuta	25 mm	4-5 m
Bambusa horsfieldii	8-10 mm	7-8 m
Bambusa inaurita	10-20 mm	4-8 m
Bambusa indigena	30-60 mm	8-13 m
Bambusa insularis	40-50 mm	8-10 m
Bambusa intermedia	30-110 mm	7-15 m
Bambusa jacobsii	55-100 mm	10-25 m
Bambusa jaintiana
Bambusa khasiana	25-30 mm	10-15 m
Bambusa kingiana	70-100 mm	18-25 m
Bambusa kyathaungtu		15-19 m
Bambusa lako	30-80 mm	15 m
Bambusa lapidea	65 mm	15-17 m
Bambusa latideltata	20-50 mm	4-8 m
Bambusa laxa	20-40 mm	5-6 m
Bambusa lenta	40-45 mm	5-10 m
Bambusa lingnanioides	50 mm	10 m
Bambusa Iongipalea	30-60 mm	4-8 m
Bambusa Iongispiculata	40-80 mm	12-15 m
Bambusa luteostriata
Bambusa macrolemma	20 mm
Bambusa macrotis	60 mm	6-7 m
Bambusa maculata	40-70 mm	15 m
Bambusa malingensis	40-60 mm	8-10 m
Bambusa marginata
Bambusa membranacea
Bambusa merrillii		18 m
Bambusa microcephala		12-14 m
Bambusa minutiligulata	30 mm	5-6 m
Bambusa mollis	25-35 mm	5-8 m
Bambusa moreheadiana	15-30 mm	5-7 m
Bambusa multiplex	10-30 mm	2-4 m
Bambusa multiplex 'Albovariegata'
Bambusa multiplex 'Fernleaf'
Bambusa multiplex 'Shyokomachi'
Bambusa multiplex 'Alphonso-Karrii'	40 mm	11-15 m
Bambusa multiplex 'Midori'
Bambusa multiplex 'Yellowstripe'
Bambusa multiplex 'Golden Goddess'	10 mm	3 m
Bambusa multiplex 'Kimmei-Suhou'
Bambusa multiplex 'Viridistriata'
Bambusa multiplex 'Albostriata'
Bambusa multiplex 'Variegata'		12-15 m
Bambusa multiplex 'Shirosuji'
Bambusa multiplex 'Floribunda'
Bambusa multiplex 'Riviereorum'	3-5 mm	3 m
Bambusa multiplex 'Tiny Fern'	6 mm	1 m
Bambusa multiplex 'Solida'	10-15 mm	3-5 m
Bambusa multiplex 'Willowy'	20 mm	6 m
Bambusa multiplex 'Fu-Komachr
Bambusa multiplex 'Gimmei'
Bambusa multiplex 'Gimmei-Shiroshima'
Bambusa multiplex 'Midori-Beni'
Bambusa multiplex 'Midori Green'
Bambusa multiplex 'Ohkomachi'
Bambusa multiplex 'Tukusi-Komachi'
Bambusa multiplex var. shimadae		7 m
Bambusa multiplex var. pubivagina
Bambusa multiplex var. incana	10 mm	4 m
Bambusa mutabilis	20-35 mm	5-7 m
Bambusa nepalensis	50-100 mm	10-20 m
Bambusa nguyenii
Bambusa nutans	40-70 mm	6-12 m
Bambusa nutans subsp. nutans
Bambusa nutans subsp. cupulata	90 mm	25 m
Bambusa odashimae	40-120 mm	10-20 m
Bambusa oldhamii	50-100 mm	10-20 m
Bambusa oldhamii f. revoluta
Bambusa oliveriana	25-50 mm	13-15 m
Bambusa pachinensis	25-60 mm	5-10 m
Bambusa pachinensis var. hirsutissima	20-35 mm	4-5 m
Bambusa pallida	50-100 mm	15-20 m
Bambusa papillata	20-40 mm	3-6 m
Bambusa papillatoides	10-30 mm	3-6 m
Bambusa parvifolia	30-50 mm	8-10 m
Bambusa pervariabilis	40-55 mm	7-10 m
Bambusa pervariabilis var. viridistriata
Bambusa pierreana		12 m
Bambusa piscatorum	25-35 mm	5-10 m
Bambusa polymorpha	75-150 mm	15-25 m
Bambusa procera		8-12 m
Bambusa prominens	50-70 mm	10-15 m
Bambusa pseudopallida
Bambusa pubivaginata	15 mm	3 m
Bambusa ramispinosa	35-40 mm	8 m
Bambusa remotiflora	50-70 mm	10-12 m
Bambusa riauensis	20-30 mm	8-10 m
Bambusa rigida	20-50 mm	5-10 m
Bambusa riparia		3-3.5 m
Bambusa rongchengensis	60-120 mm	14-17 m
Bambusa rugata	15-30 mm	3-4 m
Bambusa rutila	60 mm	10-12 m
Bambusa salarkhanii	40-100 mm	10-15 m
Bambusa sanzaoensis	15-60 mm	4-7 m
Bambusa schizostachyoides	80-100 mm	6-10 m
Bambusa semitecta	10-15 mm	2-3 m
Bambusa sesquiflora	40-100 mm	6 m
Bambusa sinospinosa	40-80 mm	15-20 m
Bambusa sinthana	100 mm	15 m
Bambusa solomonensis		4-5 m
Bambusa stenoaurita	70 mm	10 m
Bambusa subaequalis	40-60 mm	8-12 m
Bambusa subtruncata	20-25 mm	4-5 m
Bambusa surrecta	30-60 mm	6-10 m
Bambusa teres	75 mm	20 m
Bambusa textilis	50-60 mm	9-10 m
Bambusa textilis 'Maculata'
Bambusa textilis 'Purpurascens'
Bambusa textilis var. glabra
Bambusa textilis var. gracilis
Bambusa thalaw-wa	75-100 mm	12-16 m
Bambusa thorelii
Bambusa truncata	45 mm	7 m
Bambusa tsangii	40-100 mm	3 m
Bambusa tulda	50-100 mm	6-20 m
Bambusa tuldoides	30-50 mm	7-15 m
Bambusa tuldoides 'Ventricosa'
Bambusa tuldoides 'Ventricosa Kimmei'
Bambusa tuldoides 'Nana'	5-8 mm	0.5 m
Bambusa utilis	20-70 mm	3-14 m
Bambusa valida	80-120 mm	12-16 m
Bambusa variostriata	40-70 mm	5-12 m
Bambusa villosula	75 mm
Bambusa vinhphuensis	90 mm	15 m
Bambusa viridis	30-50 mm	20 m
Bambusa vulgaris	40-100 mm	15-20 m
Bambusa vulgaris 'Vittata'	50-60 mm	15 m
Bambusa vulgaris 'Kimmei'
Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin'	20-70 mm	2-5 m
Bambusa vulgaris var. constrictinoda
Bambusa wenchouensis	80-100 mm	16 m
Bambusa xiashanensis	45-55 mm	12-13 m
Bambusa xueana	40-70 mm	8-12 m
Bambusa yunnanensis	30-50 mm	12 m

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Recently Corrected Names:

Bamboo species tables are monitored and improved each year by a wide group of experts. Below you'll find the latest updates for the genus Bambusa:

The complete list can be found here: Recently Corrected Bamboo Names.

Old Name	New Name
Bambusa arundinacea	Bambusa bambos
Bambusa forbesii	Neololeba atra
Bambusa glaucescens	Bambusa multiplex
Bambusa hirose	Bambusa oldhamii
Bambusa multiplex 'Green Alphonse'	Bambusa multiplex 'Midori Green'
Bambusa odashimae	Bambusa edulis
Bambusa variegata (hort.)	Bambusa glaucophylla
Bambusa ventricosa	Bambusa tuldoides 'Ventricosa'
Bambusa vulgaris 'Striata'	Bambusa vulgaris 'Vittata'
Dendrocalamus affinis	Bambusa emeiensis
Dendrocalamus membranaceus	Bambusa membranacea
Gigantochloa luteostriata	Bambusa luteostriata
Neosinocalamus affinis	Bambusa emeiensis 'Chrysotrichus'

Common Names:

Bamboo growers and garden books frequently refer to bamboos by their 'common names'. Below you'll find a table with the most common English names for Bambusa and their correct scientific names.

More common names in English can be found here: Common Bamboo Names.

Common Name	Botanical Name
Beechey Bamboo	Bambusa beecheyana
Buddha's Belly Bamboo	Bambusa tuldoides 'Ventricosa'
Chinese Goddess Bamboo	Bambusa multiplex ‘Riviereorum’
Chinese Thorny Bamboo	Bambusa sinospinosa
Common Bamboo	Bambusa vulgaris
Fernleaf Bamboo	Bambusa multiplex ‘Fernleaf’
Giant Thorny Bamboo	Bambusa bambos
Giant Timber Bamboo	Bambusa oldhamii
Hedge Bamboo	Bambusa multiplex
Horsehoof Bamboo	Bambusa lapidea
Iron Range Bamboo	Bambusa forbesii
Oldham's Bamboo	Bambusa oldhamii
Painted Bamboo	Bambusa vulgaris 'Vittata'
Punting Pole Bamboo	Bambusa tuldoides
Timor Black Bamboo	Bambusa lako
Weaver's Bamboo	Bambusa textilis

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