Bambusa Bambusa balcoa H: 12 m Dia: 8-15 cm Origin: India Note: internode thickness up to 3 cm
Bambusa disimulator H: 12 m Dia: 6 cm Origin: Southern China Note: fine and very hard internode
Bambusa edilis H: 20 m Dia: 16 cm Origin : China
Bambusa polymorpha H: 20 m Dia: 15 m Origin: China, Bengal, Burma
Bambosa stenostachya H: 22 m Dia: 15 m Origin : China
Bambusa vulgaris H: 18 m Dia: 10 m Origin: Asia, Americas Note: High starch content
Bambusa bambos (L.)Voss
H: 30 m Dia: 15-18 cm Origin: Southeast Asia Note: Thick shell
Bambusa oldhami Munro(“Green bamboo”) H: 6-12 m Dia: 3-12 cm Origin: Taiwan Note: Strong green color,short internodes
Bambusa vulgaris,Schrader ex Wendland
Bambusa nepalensis H: 20 m Dia: 10 cm
H: 6-15 m Dia: 5-10 cm Origin: Southern China
Bambusa vulgaris, Schrader ex Wendland,var.striata Origin: Southeast Asia Note: Mutation of Bambusa vulgaris with yellow-gold color & green sripes
Chusquea
Chusquea culeou
H: 6 m Dia: 4 cm Origin: Chile Note: It grows in the southernmost zones of the planet, and has a very strong culm
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Chusquea culeou Desvaux H: 4-6 Dia: 2-4 cm Origin: Central America, South America Note: solid stalk, yellow colour
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Dendrocalamus
Chusquea quila Kunth Origin: Chile Note: solid stalk
Dendrocalamus balcoa(Bambusa balcoa) H: 20 m Dia: 20 cm Origin: Southeast Asia and India
Dendrocalamus giganteus(“Gaint bamboo”) H: 30 m Dia: 30 cm Origin: India, Burma, Sri Lanka & Thailand
Dendrocalamus asper(“Bucket bamboo”) H: 25 m Dia: 20 cm Its stalk is very hard and cracks less than D.giganteus while drying
Dendrocalamus latiflorus H: 20 m Dia: 20 cm Origin: Taiwan, Southern China
Note: Internodes of up to 70 cm;very thick stalk(more than 2.5 cm)
Gigantochloa
Gigantochloa apus H: 16m Dia: 10cm Origin: Malaysia & Indonesia
Gigantochloa atroviolacea(“black bamboo”) H: 13m Dia: 8cm Origin: Malaysia & Indonesia
Gigantochloa levis H: 16 m Dia: 10-15cm Origin: Philippines
Guadua Guadua angustifolia Kunth H: 30m Dia: 9-12 cm, exceptionally can reach up to 21cm
Guadua aculeate H: 25 m Dai: 12 cm Origin: Mexico to Panama
Guadua chacoensis(“tacuaruzu”) H: 20 m Dai: 8-12cm Origin: Northern Argentina & Bolivian Tropics
Guadua paniculata Munro(“pretty”) H: 10 m Dia: 3 cm Origin : Bolivian tropic Note: upper part is solid, while the lower has small openings
Guadua superba Huber (“tacuarembo”) H: 20m Dia: 9-12cm Origin: Bolivian tropics Note: cracks easily
Phyllostachys-grow in temperate zones and have the characteristics of forming zigzag forms
Phyllostachys aurea H: 5 m Dia: 2cm Origin: China and Japan
Phyllostachys bambosoides H: 16m Dia: 14cm Origin: Japan
Phyllostachys nigra, var.henosis H: 16m Dia: 9cm Origin: China, introduced into Japan and the US
Phyllostachys pubescenes(“Moso”,”MaoZhu”) H: 21m Dia: 17cm Origin: China, introduced into Japan and the US
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Phyllostachys vivax H: 21m Dia: 12cm Origin: China