Dendrocalamusgiganteus[size=+1]
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[size=-1] SYNONYM(S) : Bambusa gigantea Wall.,Sinocalamus giganteus (Wall.) Keng f. [size=-1] [size=-2](Wang)
ASSAMESE : Worra
BURMESE : [size=-1] Wabo, Ban.
CHINESE : Long zhu, [size=+1] Ju zhu(Taiwan).
ENGLISH : Dragon bamboo, Giant bamboo, Giant dendrocalamus.
HINDI : Maroobob (Manipur, India).
GERMAN : Riesenbambus (not specific enough).
KHMER : Russey prey.
LAOTIAN : Po'.
MALAY : Buloh betong, Bambu sembilang (Indonesia).
DENDROCALAMUS giganteus: 30m x 25cm, -2°C GIANT BAMBOO - Another of the worlds largest bamboos, culms are thick walled at the base and used for constriction, water pipes, buckets, weaving, boat masts & paper production etc. The cooked shoots are creamy & tender but not widely used except by Vietnamese who know the species as M[AJ]NG T[OO]NG. |