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Bambusa longispiculata
Bambusa longispiculata, or Mahal bamboo, is a clumping bamboo from Bangladesh and Myanmar, grown in many warm countries. It forms wide, open clumps up to about 10 m tall and is valued for soil stabilization and shelter for waterfowl rather than harvesting.
Bambusa longispiculata, or Mahal bamboo, is a species of clumping bamboo native to Bangladesh and Myanmar, but widely grown in many other countries including Australia. Growing in wide and open clumps, it makes an excellent shelter for waterfowl. It is not suited for harvesting and is very suitable for soil stabilization on dam faces. It can grow up to a height of 10 m, and a thickness of 5 cm.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bambusa longispiculata 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.
