EPPO Global Database

Bambusa vulgaris(BAMVU)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: BAMVU
  • Preferred name: Bambusa vulgaris
  • Authority: Schrader

Notes

Indochina, China. One of the most widely distributed and commercially useful bamboos, widely grown for building material, for paper and for its edible shoots. Introduced in Europe in the 18th century and in southern USA in the 19th,  and then in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malesia (Malaya, Java, Sulawesi, Moluccas, southeastern islands), tropical Africa (Mali to Zaïre), Madagascar, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (northwest, Brazil), New Guinea


Common names
Name
Language
lóng tóu zhú Chinese
龙头竹 Chinese
gele bamboes Dutch
common bamboo English
feather bamboo English
golden bamboo English
bambou roseau French
gelber Bambus German
bambù Italian
bambu-crioulo Portuguese
bambu-verde Portuguese
bambu-vulgar Portuguese
бамбук обыкновенный Russian
бамбук тростниковый Russian
bambú cafia de indios Spanish
bambú común Spanish
bambú de India Spanish
mambua Spanish
bambu Swedish