Long pipe bamboo, New Guinea thin-walled bamboo
Bambusa atra

Family: Poaceae

What it is like

A bamboo. The stems are 5-8 m tall and 204 cm wide. They are green and can have yellow stripes. The internodes are 40-70 cm long. Young shoots are slender. The leaf blades are 30 cm long by 5 cm wide. They are pale green underneath. The culm sheaths are 60 cm long by 10 cm wide. It flowers regularly but doesn't always produce seeds.

There are about 120 Bambusa species. They are tropical and subtropical in Asia.

Where it is found

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the lowlands and usually in wet soil. It can grow on limestone.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, SE Asia, Vietnam

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Shoots, cereal, seeds

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Guagua bamboo, Loleba, Nena

Synonyms

Bambusa lineata Munro; Bambusa rumphiana Kurz.; Dendrocalamus latifolius Laut. & K Schum.;