- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Basionym : Arundo bambos L.
- Synonym(s) : Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss
- Common name : Thorny Bamboo, Bamboo, Spiny bamboo
- Vernacular name :
- Vamsha (Sanskrit)
- Bidiru, Hebbidiru (Kannada)
- Kaset, Kashti (Marathi)
- Karmmaram, Mula, Mungil, Kabu, Kaniyaram, Pattil (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Deciduous forests, also grown in homesteads
- Comments / notes : Flowering once in 100 years, cultivated in gardens
- Key identification features : Large, thorny grasses; Culms erect, woody, tufted, rhizomatous, sheathed broadly with dense brownish-hairs; Leaves simple, alternate with linear, glabrous sheaths; Inflorescence unit is a Spikelet which is compoundly panicled with the spikelets in heads; Stamens 6; Filaments filiform; Anthers versatile; Style 1; Stigma plumose; Ovary superior; Fruit is a Caryopsis.
- Flower, Fruit : July-February
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district, Nellore district
- Karnataka : Ballari district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Native : India, Sri Lanka
- 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
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bambusa arundinacea. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.
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