Note: There are many other genera that are also known as "bamboo".
Clumping bamboo with a branching habit, culms (stems) are usually green, but not always. Height varies up to 15m tall; in cooler areas culms may be produced later in summer.
Stems are woody and growth habit can be either erect or climbing. Leaves have a short petiole, Leaf blade is articulated with a sheath
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Over 130 species and many varieties available including:
Bambusa albo-striata
Bambusa chungii
Bambusa eutuldoides vittata
Bambusa multiplex (syn. B. glaucescens): clumping bamboo to 8metres tall from China; several cultivars are grown with varying heights and foliage colours. It is sometimes grown as a tub plant; hardy to minus 13 degrees Celsius.
Bambusa oldhami.
This genus has around 100 species; most from tropical and sub-tropical Asia; with a few from Central and South America.
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