Mazhar Botanic Garden

Thyrsostachys siamensis Gamble

Thai Bamboo Monastery Bamboo

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000627
English name: Thai Bamboo, Monastery Bamboo
Arabic name: بامبو سيامنسس
Native: E. Asia - southern China, Myanmar, Thailand.
Country: East asia
(PGR): Rare

Perennial evergreen bamboo growing to  7-10 m long, 3 - 75  cm in diameter  culm erect or with arching tips young shoots pale to purplish-green leaf blade narrow, linear,  pale green

Ornamental Bamboo. edible shoots that are used as a food in some parts of Asia.

Arundinaria siamensis Kurz, Bambusa siamensis Kurz ex Munro

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Texture: Clay Loam Sandy
Fertility: Low
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Medium Water River
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Division
Flowering time:
Zone: 9 : 10
pH range: 5.5-6.5
Status: Common Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Bamboo
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Boat building Food Landscape Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen

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