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Giant Bamboo

Dendrocalamus giganteus

Photo by Benno Ibold
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Field Notes

Description:

A very tall, large culmed, grayish green bamboo which grows in clumps consisting of a large number of closely growing culms, and reaches a height of 30-40m. Under favorable conditions, it can grow up to 40cm per day. Cultivated at low, and high altitudes, commonly in river banks, in home gardens.

Habitat:

It is found in South Asian such as, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, Myanmar, and Thailand.

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PublishedAugust 22, 2015

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