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Genus: Bambusa (bamboo genus) Life
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There are about 120 species worldwide (native to tropical
Asia and America) of which two, Bambusa
balcooa
(Common bamboo) and Bambusa vulgaris (see
Flora of Zimbabwe), have become naturalised in southern
Africa. An additional six species are cultivated in the region.
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of Zimbabwe.
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
From Glen (2002).
Bambusa arundinacea (Thorny
bamboo)
Native to India. |
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Bambusa bambos
[= Bambusa spinosa]
Native to south-east Asia. |
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Bambusa glaucescens
[= Bambusa nana]
Native to China. |
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Bambusa oldhamii
Native to Taiwan. |
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Bambusa polymorpha
Native from India to Thailand. |
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Bambusa textilis
Native to China. |
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Publications
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Fish, L. 2003. Poaceae. In Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L.
(eds), Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14:
1152-1194. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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