Institute of forestry,hetauda

1. Silvicultural characteristics of Bamboo
Prepared By:
Gagan Bahadur Budha
2nd Year 2nd sem.
Roll No.-9
Institute of Forestry,Hetauda
Submitted To:
Deepak Gautam
Lecturer
Department of silviculture
Institute of Forestry ,Hetauda Campus

2. Bamboo
 Introduction:
 Local Name:Baash
 Family:Poaceae
Natural occurance: It is native to warm and moist tropical and warm temperate climates. However, many species are found in
diverse climates, from hot tropical regions to cool mountainous regions and highland cloud forests.
 Scientific classification:
Kingdom-Plantae
Class-Angiosperms
Subclass-Monocots
Superorder-Commelinids
Order-Poales
Family-Poaceae
Subfamily-Bambusoideae
Tribes-Olyreae (herbaceous bamboos)Bambuseae (tropical woody bamboos)
Arundinarieae (temperate woody bamboos)
There are many species of bamboo, and there scientific name s incudes Phyllostachys, Bambusa arundinacea ,
chusquea, borinda, fargesia and himalayacalmus. Other species are brachystachyum, chimonobambusa,
dendrocalamus and schizostachyum.

3. Silvicultural Characteristics
Silvicultural Characteristics of Bamboo
Light Strong light demander
Frost moderate frost tender
Drought moderately sensitive
Fire highly sensitive
Coppice well
Browsing highly sensitive to browsing.
Soil type occurs on sandy loams to loamy clayey soils.
Root system Rhizomes are present
Tree nature Perennial grasses with woody culms from rhizomes, grows in any condition
but often doesn't grow well on the dry soils
Main associates Shorea robusta Tectona grandis, Grewia spp , Terminilia spp. etc.

4. Uses of Bamboo:
 Culinary: It is concerns with young shoot use to consume as different delicious dish .In
Nepal a delicacy popular across ethnic boundaries consists of bamboo shoots fermented with
turmeric and oil, and cooked with potatoes into a dish that usually accompanies rice (alu tama
(आलु तामा) in Nepalii).
 It is used as Medicine: It is used as traditional Chinese Medicine
 Construction: True wood ,Composite material,Simpe suspension bridge,nipe hut,
 Textiles: Fibers of bamboo to short (royan)
 As writing documents: Bamboo was in widespread use in early China as a medium for
written documents.
 It is used as weapon.
 It is used in musical instruments.

5. Bamboo
shoot
Construction
of house
Culinary
purpose
Leaves flower