Bambusa polymorpha
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID64402ee330d32691919327 |
| Scientific name | Bambusa polymorpha |
| Authority | Munro |
| First published in | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 98 (1868) |
Description Top
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In Sri Lanka, it is used for making mats, baskets, and furniture.
Bambusa polymorpha, also known as Burmese bamboo, is a species of clumping bamboo native to Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Java, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Ecuador. It is a tall, grayish green colored bamboo species, which grows in thickets consisting of a large number of heavily branched, closely growing culms. It reaches a height of 10–30 m and has culms that are green, covered with whitish brown hair, and become brownish green when drying. Young shoots are greenish brown in color and have sheaths that are greenish and become yellowish brown when mature. It is used for walls, partitions, troughs, and mats in India, house frames, wattle-and-daub walls, partitions, concrete reinforcement, and ceilings in Myanmar, and mats, baskets, and furniture in Sri Lanka.
Bambusa polymorpha, also known as Burmese bamboo, is a species of clumping bamboo native to Bangladesh, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Java, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Ecuador. It is a tall, grayish green colored bamboo species, which grows in thickets consisting of a large number of heavily branched, closely growing culms. It reaches a height of 10–30 m and has culms that are green, covered with whitish brown hair, and become brownish green when drying. Young shoots are greenish brown in color and have sheaths that are greenish and become yellowish brown when mature. It is used for walls, partitions, troughs, and mats in India, house frames, wattle-and-daub walls, partitions, concrete reinforcement, and ceilings in Myanmar, and mats, baskets, and furniture in Sri Lanka.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Arundarbor polymorpha | Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 761 (1891) |
| Bambusa cyanostachya | Kurz ex Gamble | Fl. Brit. India 7: 389 (1896) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| English | polymorph bamboo |
| English | bengal bamboo, polymorph bamboo |
| Burmese | ကြသောင်းဝါး |
| Vietnamese | lồ ô trường sơn |
| Chinese | 灰秆竹 |
| Chinese | 灰竿竹 |
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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- Extinct
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Asia-temperate click to expand
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China
- China South-central
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China
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Asia-tropical click to expand
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Indian Subcontinent
- Assam
- Bangladesh
- East Himalaya
- Sri Lanka
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Indo-China
- Laos
- Myanmar
- Thailand
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Malesia
- Jawa
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Indian Subcontinent
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Southern America click to expand
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Caribbean
- Cuba
- Puerto Rico
- Trinidad-Tobago
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Western South America
- Ecuador
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Caribbean
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000853401 |
| USDA Plants | BAPO6 |
| Tropicos | 25540089 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:392467-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-398966 |
| PFAF | Bambusa polymorpha |
| Open Tree Of Life | 562505 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 483354 |
| IPNI | 392467-1 |
| iNaturalist | 348742 |
| GBIF | 2705754 |
| Freebase | /m/0131jwyt |
| EPPO | BAMPO |
| EOL | 1115607 |
| USDA GRIN | 6404 |
| Wikipedia | Bambusa_polymorpha |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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| In public collections | 0 |