Dendrocalamus peculiaris
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Dendrocalamus peculiaris

Dendrocalamus peculiaris is a large, dense tropical bamboo native to Yunnan, China. Impressive are the giant leaves, which can reach 40 cm in length. The stems of this bamboo are used as a building material, to produce paper pulp, and the shoots are used as food.

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Bambusa glaucophylla
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Bambusa glaucophylla

Bambusa glaucophylla or "Malay Dwarf Variegated Bamboo" is a very dense clumping bamboo native to Java, Indonesia. It has beautiful green leaves with white stripes, and is one of the best bamboos for hedges and living fences. Bambusa glaucophylla is also a very attractive ornamental plant, especially highlighted in the garden by plants with darker foliage in the background. This bamboo is very easily to trim and is drought tolerant once established.

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Schizostachyum brachycladum
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Schizostachyum brachycladum

Schizostachyum brachycladum, also known as "Sacred Bali Bamboo" is a stunning medium size tropical bamboo native to Southeast Asia. Sacred Bali Bamboo has bright yellow culms with green stripes and large yellow striped leaves. Schizostachyum brachycladum is used to make crafts, basketry and as containers for cooking or carrying water. It is also a very popular ornamental bamboo for gardens, landscaping or as windbreak.

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Melocanna baccifera
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Melocanna baccifera

Melocanna baccifera or "Muli Bamboo" is a tropical bamboo native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar and Nepal. Melocanna baccifera is an invasive species that can occupy large areas due to its long and vigorous rhizomes and, in flowering, for its fruits that are easy to germinate. Fruits have the size and shape of a pear and are edible. Melocanna baccifera is one of the most useful bamboos within its native range, especially in Bangladesh, where stems have a wide range of uses.

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Bambusa textilis
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Bambusa textilis

Bambusa textilis, also known as "Weaver’s Bamboo", is a species of bamboo native to China and Vietnam. It grows in a dense clump up to 8 - 12 meters high and has no lower branches. Bambusa textilis is very suitable for living fences or windbreaks. The stems are often used for weaving, basketry or light construction.

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Bambusa chungii
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Bambusa chungii

Bambusa chungii, also known as "Tropical Blue Bamboo" or "Emperor's Blue Bamboo", is a species of bamboo native to China and Vietnam. It grows in a dense clump up to 8 to 12 meters high and has no low branches. Bambusa chungii is very suitable for living fences or windbreaks. The stems with very long internodes are often used for weaving and basketry or for paper production.

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Phyllostachys aurea
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Phyllostachys aurea

Phyllostachys aurea or "Golden Bamboo", is a bamboo species native to China and Vietnam. It is a graceful bamboo producing large clumps of bright green canes becoming yellowish with age and exposure. The culms are easily identified by their characteristic compressed internodes in the lower part of the canes which have a tortoiseshell-like appearance.

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Dendrocalamus sinicus
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Dendrocalamus sinicus

Dendrocalamus sinicus, also known as “Giant Dragon Bamboo”, is the largest bamboo in the world. It has the tallest and biggest culms of any known bamboo species which can reach up to 46 meters in height, and up to 37 cm in diameter.

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Bambusa tulda
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Bambusa tulda

Bambusa tulda, commonly known as Bengal Bamboo or Indian Timber Bamboo, is a fast growing medium-sized tropical clumping bamboo native to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Tibet, and Yunnan.

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Schizostachyum pergracile
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Schizostachyum pergracile

Schizostachyum pergracile ( previously Cephalostachyum pergracile) is a beautiful medium sized clumping bamboo native to India and Indochina. The common name for this bamboos species is Tinwa Bamboo and the plant has good quality canes which are used extensively for cooking and baking sticky rice, the poles are also used for construction.

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Bambusa sp. Longinternode
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Bambusa sp. Longinternode

Bambusa sp. Longinternode is a medium sized tropical bamboo native to China. It typically has long internodes (space between the culm nodes) and nearly solid culms at the base. The abbreviation "sp." means that the actual species name is not yet specified.

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Thyrsostachys siamensis
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Thyrsostachys siamensis

Thyrsostachys siamensis also known as Monastery Bamboo, Thai Bamboo or Umbrella Bamboo is a tropical species of medium sized timber bamboo native to China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Phyllostachys edulis
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Phyllostachys edulis

Phyllostachys edulis, commonly known as Moso Bamboo, or Tortoise-shell Bamboo, is a temperate species of giant timber bamboo native to China and Taiwan. It is the largest temperate bamboo on earth and the most economically important bamboo in China.

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Gigantochloa apus
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Gigantochloa apus

Gigantochloa apus, also known as String Bamboo or Pring Tali, is a dense tropical clumping bamboo native to Southeast Asia. It is the most economically important bamboo in Java, especially in the handicraft and furniture industry.

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Gigantochloa atroviolacea
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Gigantochloa atroviolacea

Gigantochloa atroviolacea, also known as Java Black Bamboo or Tropical Black Bamboo, is a dense tropical clumping bamboo native to Java, Indonesia. This bamboo species prefers to grow in dry areas where the purplish black color of its culms becomes more prominent.

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Neololeba atra
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Neololeba atra

Neololeba atra also known as Long Pipe Bamboo or New Guinea Thin-walled Bamboo is a tropical clumping bamboo originating from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. This bamboo species is often used for basket making and other handicrafts.

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Dendrocalamus membranaceus
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Dendrocalamus membranaceus

Dendrocalamus membranaceus also known as Waya Bamboo and formerly classified as Bambusa membranacea is a medium-sized tropical clumping bamboo originating from Southeast Asia. This bamboo species is a good source for paper pulp and has edible shoots.

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Bambusa vulgaris 'Vittata'
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Bambusa vulgaris 'Vittata'

Bambusa vulgaris 'Vittata' or Painted Bamboo, (previously known as Bambusa vulgaris 'Striata') is a giant tropical and subtropical clumping bamboo native to China and Japan. It is one of the most cultivated ornamental bamboos in the tropical world.

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Bambusa
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Bambusa

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

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