Mazhar Botanic Garden

Bambusa ventricosa McClure

Buddha Bamboo Buddha's Bamboo

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000567
English name: Buddha Bamboo, Buddha's Bamboo
Arabic name: بامبو ارابيسك
Native: Vietnam, Southern China
Country: China Vietnam
(PGR): Rare

Evergreen  bamboo grows 12-16 m tall,  noted for the swollen or bulging inter nodes of its canes resembling the fat belly of the Buddha, deep dark green maturing to yellow-green

Ornamental bamboo, uses screen, bonsai, Espalier, Container

Bambusa tuldoides Munro, Phyllostachys  ventricosa

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Texture: Clay Dry Loam Moist Mostly sand
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Humidity
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun Partial shade
Propagation: Seeds, Division, cuttings
Flowering time: ------
Zone: 9 : 12
pH range: 5.6-6.5
Status: Cultivated Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Bamboo
Sample Type: Other
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Bonsai Landscape Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Rare
Vegetation types: Grassland
pH: Mild acid Mild alkaline

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