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  2. Bamboo cultivation - Wikipedia

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    Bamboo contained by an in-ground barrier, shown during and after construction. Bamboo forestry (also known as bamboo farming, cultivation, agriculture or agroforestry) is a cultivation and raw material industry that provides the raw materials for the broader bamboo industry, worth over 72 billion dollars globally in 2019. [1]

  3. Bambusa vulgaris - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Bambusa oldhamii - Wikipedia

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    Bambusa oldhamii, known as giant timber bamboo or Oldham's bamboo, is a large species of bamboo. It is the most common and widely grown bamboo in the United States and has been introduced into cultivation around the world. It is densely foliated, growing up to 20 metres (65 feet) tall in good conditions, and can have a diameter of up to 10 ...

  5. The Big Bamboo - Wikipedia

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    The Big Bamboo is the eighth novel by Tim Dorsey featuring the sociopathic anti-hero Serge A. Storms.It was published in the US in March 2006 and May 2006 in the UK. The plotline follows Serge A. Storms as he follows his recent obsession of Hollywood and movies, in particular the movie The Punisher, which was shot on location in Florida.

  6. Phyllostachys edulis - Wikipedia

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    Phyllostachys edulis, the mōsō bamboo, [2] or tortoise-shell bamboo, [2] or mao zhu ( Chinese: 毛竹; pinyin: máozhú ), ( Japanese: モウソウチク ), ( Chinese: 孟宗竹) is a temperate species of giant timber bamboo native to China and Taiwan and naturalised elsewhere, including Japan where it is widely distributed from south of ...

  7. Bamboo construction - Wikipedia

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    Bamboo construction involves the use of bamboo as a building material for scaffolding, bridges, houses and buildings. Bamboo, like wood, is a natural composite material with a high strength-to-weight ratio useful for structures.

  8. Bambusa bambos - Wikipedia

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    Bambusa bambos. Bambusa bambos, the giant thorny bamboo, Indian thorny bamboo, spiny bamboo, or thorny bamboo (but see Bambusa spinosa) [2] [3] [4] is a species of clumping bamboo native to southern Asia (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Indochina ). It is also naturalized in Seychelles, Central America, West Indies, Java, Malaysia, Maluku, and ...

  9. International Bamboo and Rattan Organization - Wikipedia

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    The name "International Network for Bamboo and Rattan" was chosen in 1993. Work to launch INBAR as an independent organization started in 1995, and was completed in 1997 when INBAR became an independent organization with its headquarters in Beijing, China. [5]