BAMBOOS OF INDI A

Bamboos of India
Arundo bambos L., Sp. Pl. 81. 1753. Bambusa arundinacea Retz.,
Observ. 5: 24. 1789; Roxb., Pl. Corom. 1: 56, t79. 1796. Bambusa
arundinacea (Retz.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 2: 245. 1799; Munro, Trans. Linn.
Soc. London 26: 103. 1868; Gamble, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta
7: 51. 1896; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 395. 1897.
VERNACULAR NAMES
English - Thorny bamboo; Assam - Kotoba; Bengal - Baroowa, Behor;
Manipur - Saneibo; Orissa - Daba.
DESCRIPTION
A very densely tufted bamboo, producing large dense clumps of closely
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B. bambos - A clump
Fig. 6. B. bambos A - leafy branch;
B - flowering panicle; C - part of culm with
leafy branch; D - culm sheath; E - young
shoot; F - a portion of culm.
B. bambos - Inflorescence
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