Bambusa balcooa

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Bambusa arnhemica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Bambusa
Species: B. balcooa
Binomial name
Bambusa balcooa

Bambusa balcooa or the Balcooa Bamboo is a clumping bamboo of Indian origin. It is popular with the Vietnamese as food, and can be used as a short life timber for temporary constructions. A species of copious growth, it can get out of control if not tended. It can grow up to a height of 25 m, and a thickness of 15 cm.[1]

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  1. ^ Bambusa balcooa, OzBamboo; Retrieved: 2007-12-19
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