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Bamboo, like wood, is a natural composite material with a high strength-to-weight ratio useful for structures. Bamboo's strength-to-weight ratio is similar to timber, and its strength is generally similar to a strong softwood or hardwood timber. Some bamboo species have displayed remarkable strength under test conditions.
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.
Bamboo is a group of woody perennial plants in the true grass family Poaceae. In the tribe Bambuseae, also known as bamboo, there are 91 genera and over 1,000 species. The size of bamboo varies from small annuals to giant timber bamboo. Bamboo evolved 30 to 40 million years ago, after the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
Bambusa verticillata Rottler ex Munro nom. inval. Dendrocalamus prainiana Varmah & Bahadur nom. inval. Nastus strictus (Roxb.) Sm. Dendrocalamus strictus is a bamboo species belonging to the Dendrocalamus genus. The culms (stems) are often solid. [2] Common names include male bamboo, solid bamboo, and Calcutta bamboo.
Official website. Francisco Gaudencio Lope Belardo Mañalac [3] ( Tagalog pronunciation: [mɐɲaˈlɐk]; born March 21, 1976), [4] [5] popularly known as Bamboo Mañalac or simply by the mononym Bamboo, is a Filipino musician and singer-songwriter. He began his career as vocalist and original frontman of Rivermaya and later fronted his own band ...
Phyllostachys ( / ˌfɪloʊˈstækɪs, - lə -, - ˈsteɪ -/ [2] [3] ) is a genus of Asian bamboo in the grass family. [4] [5] [6] Many of the species are found in central and southern China, with a few species in northern Indochina and in the Himalayas. Some of the species have become naturalized in parts of Asia, Australia, the Americas, and ...
Dendrocalamus asper, also known as giant bamboo or dragon bamboo (in China ), is a giant, tropical, clumping species of bamboo native to Southeast Asia. In addition to its prolific nature across Asia, the plant's overall attractive appearance (and ease of care) has seen this species introduced widely across South America and Africa (namely ...
Indocalamus tessellatus, the large-leaved bamboo, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to China. A medium-sized, hardy evergreen bamboo growing to 2 m (6.6 ft), it forms a clump of broad leaves 60 cm (24 in) long and up to 10 cm (3.9 in) wide – the broadest of any bamboo – which cause the slender cane to bend ...