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Guadua weberbaueri

Guadua weberbaueri is a clumping bamboo of wet tropical western South America, used for construction, containers, musical instruments and handicrafts. It is a large, tall bamboo that needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions and space to form a clump.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, especially during active growth, and never let it dry out completely.
Soil
Deep, fertile, well-drained loam rich in organic matter.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
W. South America to N. Brazil
Climate
wet tropical

About

Guadua weberbaueri (Brazilian Portuguese: taboca) is a species of clumping bamboo found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru and Venezuela.

This bamboo is used for construction, containers, musical instruments and handicrafts.

Other Guadua plants

Guadua amplexifolia · Colombian Giant Thorny · Guadua chacoensis · Guadua paniculata · Guadua paraguayana · Fleshy Fruit Guadua · Guadua

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Guadua weberbaueri 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.

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