About Golden Bamboo
Bambusa vulgaris, common bamboo, is an open-clump type bamboo species. It is native to Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, and to the province of Yunnan in southern China, but it has been widely cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in several regions. Among bamboo species, it is one of the largest and most easily recognized.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Bambusa vulgaris
- Genus
- Bambusa
- Family
- POACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Grown in homesteads and parks
- Native to
- China and Japan
- Distribution
- Introduced elsewhere
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Bans बांस
- Tamil
- மூங்கில் moongil
- Telugu
- ముళ్ళవెదురు
- Malayalam
- മുലാ Mula, മഞ്ഞമുള
Botanical family
Poaceae
Grass family
Golden Bamboo belongs to the Poaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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