• Family : POACEAE
  (Grass Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : POACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Bambusa striata Lodd. ex Lindl.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Bambusa vulgaris Schrad.
• Common name : Golden Bamboo, Yellow bamboo
• Vernacular name : Udha-bans (Marathi)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Grown in homesteads and parks
• Comments / notes : Flowers once in 20 years, often planted in gardens; also cultivated
• Flower, Fruit : July-February
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Kolhapur district, Pune district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
• Native : China and Japan
• World Distribution : Introduced elsewhere
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bambusa vulgaris. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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