Mazhar Botanic Garden

Bambusa vulgaris Echrad. ex J.C. Wendl.

Common bamboo

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000620
English name: Common bamboo
Arabic name: غاب اصفر
Native: Tropics and subtropics, Indochina
Country: Southern China
(PGR): Common

Evergreen bamboo, densely tuffed stems up to 10-20 m high, 4-10 cm thick nodes slightly inflated, inter nodes 20-45 cm leaves narrowly lanceolate

Ornamental bamboo. used as fuel and the leaves used as fodder. Border hedge. planted a measure for erosion control. used to make furniture, basketry, windbreakers, flutes, fishing rods, tool handles, stakes, weapons, bows for fishing nets, smoking pipes. 

Arundo fera (Oken) Kuntze, Gigantochloa auriculata (Kurz) Kurz

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Texture: Chalk Clay Fertile Loam Moist Rocky  Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Humidity Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Cuttings stems, division , young rhizomes in spring
Flowering time: ------------------
Zone: 9 : 11
pH range: 5-6.5

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