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Bambusa bambos
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss in Vilmorin, Blumengartn. 1:1189.1896; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 429. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 14,20. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 505. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 377. 1997; Seethalakshmi & Muktesh, Bamboos of India 40. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 338. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 385. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 805. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 564. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 821. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 953. 2009.
Arundo bambos L., Sp. Pl. 81. 1753.
Bambusa bambos (L.) var. gigantea (Bahadur & Jain) Bennet & Gaur, Thirty Seven Bamboos Inida 21. 1990; Seethalakshmi & Muktesh, Bamboos of India 46. 1998.
Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 2: 245. 1799; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 395. 1896; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1859(1286). 1934; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 461. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 449. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 528. 1988; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 350. 1982; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 445. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 916. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 566. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 563. 1994; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 818. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 512. 1998.
Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd. var. gigantea Bahadur & Jain, Indian J. For. 4: 283. 1981.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Karmmaram, Mula, Muncha, Mungil, Kabu, Kaniyaram, Pattil
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Bamboo, Spiny bamboo, Thorny bamboo
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Description:
Culms from a thick stoloniferous rhizome, erect, to 30 m tall and10-20 cm across; culm sheaths broadly triangular, densely brownish-hairy within, and scattered hairy without. Leaves to 20 cm long; sheaths to 12 x .2 cm, linear, glabrous; ligule short, entire; petiole short. Inflorescence a compound panicle with the spikelets in heads. Spikelets 1-many-flowered, 0.8-2 cm long, oblong, terete. Bracts glume-like. Glumes 1-3, to 5.5 mm, broadly ovate, mucronate. Lemmas to 6.5 mm, lanceolate, mucronate, coriaceous, glabrous. Paleas to 7 mm, 2-keeled, ciliate. Stamens 6. Style 1; stigmas 3. Caryopsis linearly cylindric.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-February
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests, also grown in homesteads
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
Yes
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
300-750
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Localities:
Poringal, Alampetty, Koruthode, Pandaravarai, Nilambur, Vallicode-Kottayam, Pathenthode, Begur, Periyarum, Panathur, Payyavur, Bhavani river bank, Venmony, Karimpuzha, Kulathupuzha, Bonaccord
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