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Bambusa balcooa
Also called Common Bamboo, Female Bamboo
Bambusa balcooa is a very large, thick-walled clumping bamboo from the Indian subcontinent to Indo-China, grown mainly for construction timber and commercial plantations. It is a giant species that needs plenty of space and is best grown in warm, frost-free climates.
Bambusa balcooa is a clumping bamboo native from the Indian subcontinent to Indo-China.
The length and strength of Bambusa balcooa make it a useful material for the construction industry. Furthermore, it is a drought-resistant species with low rainfall requirements and can reach yields upwards of 100 metric tons per hectare (40 metric tons per acre).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bambusa balcooa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
