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Bambusa multiplex

COMMON NAME

Green Hedge Bamboo

TYPE

Bamboo

FAMILY

Poaceae

NOTES

A medium sized clump bamboo with slender culms (stems) and dense foliage.  The height of the stems under ideal conditions is about 10 ft. The plant is sometimes harvested for its edible young shoots and culms that are used for weaving, paper making etc.

GEOGRAPHIC REGION

China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and northern Indochina

NATIVE HABITAT

Wild and cultivated, fields, mountains, low hills, riversides

WEB SOURCES

wikipedia.org

tropical.theferns.info



Bambusa multiplex