Clumper or Runner:  Clumper

Height / diameter / Internode: 2 to 5 m / 1 – 2 cm / 30 – 50 cm

Color / Leaf length / Branch: Yellow stemmed / 7 – 12 cm / 20 or more each node

Potted/Garden/Commercial:  Potted / Garden / Commercial

Minimum Temperatures / Climate:  -12°C / Tropical wet to dry

Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH :  Up to 2 000 mm / 0 – 1 500 m / varies / pH 6.0 -7.0

Uses:  Hedges, and wind breakers. Ornamental and pot plant. The strong mostly solid culms are used when young for cane woven basket making.

Clumper or Runner:  Clumper

Height / diameter / Internode:  15 – 25 m / 2.5 – 10 cm / 20 – 40 cm

Color / Leaf length / Branch:  Silver brown / 6 – 30 cm / several to many

Potted/Garden/Commercial:  Garden or Commercial

Minimum Temperatures / Climate:  −5°C / Tropical wet

Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH :  600 – 5 000 mm / 0 – 600 m, prefer heavy texture soil / pH 5.5 – 7.0

Uses:  Young edible shoots, leaves for fodder, building material, mats, baskets, pulp, scaffolding, panels, windbreaker, furniture, suitable for biomass, charcoal and energy charcoal production.

Clumper or Runner:  Clumper

Height / diameter / Internode: 6 -15 m / 6 – 10 cm / 20 cm

Color / Leaf length / Branch: bright green / 5 – 25 cm / in upper part

Potted/Garden/Commercial:  Garden or Commercial

Minimum Temperatures / Climate: -2°C – 35°C / Tropical

Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH :  > 500 – 1 000 mm / 200 – 800 m / drained & poor soil –
semi arid zones, drought resistant / pH 5.5 – 7.0

Oxytenanthera abyssinica is a woody perennial grass with erect culms that are 6-15 meters tall and 6-10 centimeters in diameter. The culms are solid or semi-solid, unlike the hollow structure of most bamboo species. The culms have an internode length of 20 centimeters and thick walls.

Uses: Pulp, handicraft, edible shoots, fodder, weaving, basketry, building material, furniture, tapped for its juice & fermented for an alcoholic beverage or wine. Biomass, charcoal & energy.

Species: Himalayacalamus hookerianus / Blue Bamboo

Clumper or Runner:  Clumper

Height / diameter / Internode: 3-6 m / 3 cm / 15 – 20 cm

Color / Leaf length / Branch: Blue-green and covered in dense glaucous wax / 18-23 cm 2cm wide / has many equal branches

Potted/Garden/Commercial:  Potted / Garden

Minimum Temperatures / Climate:  -6°C / Tropical wet till dry, semi-sheltered wind-free environment

Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH :  530 – 1 500 mm / 1 000 – 2 100 m / fertile, moist soils, Loam / pH 6.0 -7.0

Uses: Hedges, screens. Flowers after 50 years. Edible Uses: Seed – cooked whole or ground into a powder and used as a cereal.

Species: Gigantochloa atroviolacea / Java Black Bamboo / Tropical Black Bamboo

Clumper or Runner:  Clumper

Height / diameter / Internode: 10-15 m / 6-8 cm / 30 – 50 cm

Color / Leaf length / Branch: Very dark culms with thin green stripes / 20-28 cm / clustered branches at nodes+ 1 larger dominant branch

Potted/Garden/Commercial:  Large Garden / Commercial

Minimum Temperatures / Climate:  -2°C / Tropical or subtropical climates

Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH :  1 500 – 3 700 mm / 0 – 1 500 m / Sandy Loam to Clay Loam / pH 5.5 – 7.0

Uses: Edible young shoots are consumed as a vegetable while the stems are used for making furniture and musical instruments.

Clumper or Runner:  Clumper

Height / diameter / Internode: 4-7 m / 1-2 cm / 28–35 cm

Color / Leaf length / Branch: Evergreen. New culms are sheathed mid-green to a vivid purple / 2-4cm fine and narrow leaves / 5-10 per node

Potted/Garden/Commercial:  Potted / Garden / Commercial

Minimum Temperatures / Climate:  -20°C / Tropical wet to dry

Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH :  Up to 2 000 mm / 0 – 1 300 m / Moist and deep / pH 5.5 – 7.0

Uses: Quite dense and so is excellent as a barrier or hedge.

Species: Bambusa tuldoides / Punting Pole Bamboo

Clumper or Runner:  Clumper

Height / diameter / Internode: 6 – 17 m / 3 – 5 cm / 30 -36 cm

Color / Leaf length / Branch: 1-3 yellow stripes / 10 – 18 cm / few to many

Potted/Garden/Commercial:  Garden / Commercial

Minimum Temperatures / Climate:  – 7°C / Temperate to tropical

Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH :  1500 mm to >3000 mm / 0 – 1 200 m, best 500 – 1 000 / pH 5.5 – 7.0

Uses:  Edible young shoots, scaffolding, handicraft(weaving utensils), Chinese medicine, paper fibers.

Clumper or Runner:  Clumper

Height / diameter / Internode: 7 – 20 m / 4 – 10 cm / 20 – 45 cm

Color / Leaf length / Branch: Yellow with green stripes of different density / 6 – 30 cm / several to many

Potted/Garden/Commercial:  Garden / Commercial

Minimum Temperatures / Climate:  −3°C / Humid till very dry

Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH :  600 – 5 000 mm Tolerant to salinity & water logging. It is drought resistant and frost hardy / 0 – 1.200 m / all kind of soils / pH 6.0 – 7.0

Uses:  For boat masts, poles, props, furniture, pulp, medicine, basketry, handicrafts & fencing.

Clumper or Runner:  Clumper

Height / diameter / Internode: up to 20 m / 15 – 20 cm / 25 – 35 cm

Color / Leaf length / Branch: Plain green, white or yellow stripes at the base / 20 – 40 cm / on upper nodes

Potted/Garden/Commercial:  Garden / Commercial

Minimum Temperatures / Climate:  −10°C — −3°C / Humid to very dry

Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH :  600 – 5 000 mm Tolerant to salinity & water logging. It is drought resistant and frost hardy / 0 – 1 200 m / all kind of soils / pH 6.0 – 7.5

Uses:  For boat masts, poles, props, furniture, pulp, medicine, basketry, handicrafts & fencing.

Clumper or Runner:  Clumper

Height / diameter / Internode: 2 to 5 m / 1 – 2 cm / 30 – 50 cm

Color / Leaf length / Branch: Yellow stemmed / 7 – 12 cm / 20 or more each node

Potted/Garden/Commercial:  Potted / Garden / Commercial

Minimum Temperatures / Climate:  -12°C / Tropical wet to dry

Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH:  Up to 2 000 mm / 0 – 1 500 m / varies / pH 6.0 -7.0

Uses:  Hedges, and wind breakers. Ornamental and pot plant. The strong mostly solid culms are used when young for cane woven basket making.