Bambusa

Bamboo Genera
Written By Stéphane Schröder

153 Species

Bambusa is a genus with 153 medium to large size clumping bamboo species, and very popular among growers and cultivators. They are usually very strong and have thick culm walls, with small branches and small leaves.

Bambusa species are subtropical and tropical clumping bamboos native to: Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Java, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam and West Himalaya.

Bambusa Species List

SpeciesOriginDiameterHeight
Bambusa affinisLaos, Myanmar∅ 35 mm⇑ 6 m
Bambusa albolineataChina Southeast, Taiwan∅ 55 mm⇑ 8 m
Bambusa alemtemshiiAssam∅ 80 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa amplexicaulisChina Southeast∅ 25 mm⇑ 3 m
Bambusa angustiauritaChina Southeast∅ 60 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa angustissimaChina Southeast∅ 50 mm⇑ 9 m
Bambusa arnhemicaNorthern Territory⇑ 15 m
Bambusa assamicaAssam∅ 30 mm⇑ 12 m
Bambusa aurinudaChina Southeast, Vietnam∅ 100 mm⇑ 11 m
Bambusa australisVietnam⇑ 11 m
Bambusa balcooaAssam, Bangladesh, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam∅ 80 mm⇑ 22 m
Bambusa bambosAssam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam∅ 150 mm⇑ 30 m
Bambusa barpatharicaAssam, East Himalaya∅ 100 mm⇑ 20 m
Bambusa basihirsutaChina Southeast∅ 90 mm⇑ 12 m
Bambusa basihirsutoidesChina Southeast∅ 70 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa basisolidaChina Southeast
Bambusa beecheyanaChina South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Myanmar, Taiwan, Vietnam∅ 100 mm⇑ 15 m
Bambusa bicicatricataHainan∅ 75 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa binghamiiMyanmar
Bambusa boniopsisHainan∅ 20 mm⇑ 4,5 m
Bambusa brevispiculaNew Guinea⇑ 20 m
Bambusa brunneoaciculiaHainan∅ 25 mm⇑ 6,5 m
Bambusa burmanicaBangladesh, China South-Central, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand∅ 100 mm⇑ 19 m
Bambusa cacharensisAssam, Bangladesh∅ 100 mm⇑ 21 m
Bambusa cerosissimaChina Southeast, Vietnam∅ 50 mm⇑ 15 m
Bambusa chungiiChina South-Central, China Southeast, Vietnam∅ 50 mm⇑ 18 m
Bambusa chuniiLaos∅ 65 mm⇑ 14 m
Bambusa clavataEast Himalaya∅ 90 mm⇑ 20 m
Bambusa comillensisBangladesh∅ 50 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa concavaHainan
Bambusa contractaChina Southeast∅ 30 mm⇑ 6 m
Bambusa copelandiiMyanmar∅ 19 mm⇑ 20 m
Bambusa corniculataChina Southeast∅ 70 mm⇑ 8 m
Bambusa cornigeraChina Southeast∅ 80 mm⇑ 13 m
Bambusa crispiauritaChina Southeast∅ 60 mm⇑ 8 m
Bambusa dahuazhuChina South-Central
Bambusa dampaeanaAssam∅ 70 mm⇑ 8 m
Bambusa deformisChina South-Central
Bambusa diaoluoshanensisHainan∅ 50 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa dissimulatorChina Southeast, Vietnam∅ 75 mm⇑ 15 m
Bambusa distegiaChina South-Central∅ 45 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa dolichocladaChina Southeast, Taiwan∅ 110 mm⇑ 20 m
Bambusa duriusculaHainan∅ 100 mm⇑ 12 m
Bambusa emeiensisChina South-Central, China Southeast∅ 60 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa eutuldoidesChina Southeast∅ 60 mm⇑ 12 m
Bambusa excurrensaHainan
Bambusa farinaceaMalaya, Thailand∅ 70 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa fimbriligulataChina Southeast∅ 30 mm⇑ 6 m
Bambusa flexuosaCambodia, China Southeast, Hainan, Laos, Vietnam∅ 60 mm⇑ 7 m
Bambusa fruticosaNew Guinea⇑ 4 m
Bambusa funghomiiChina Southeast∅ 65 mm⇑ 15 m
Bambusa garuchokuaAssam∅ 100 mm⇑ 15 m
Bambusa gibbaChina Southeast, Hainan, Vietnam∅ 60 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa gibboidesChina Southeast∅ 70 mm⇑ 12 m
Bambusa glabrovaginaHainan∅ 40 mm⇑ 7 m
Bambusa glaucophyllaJava∅ 25 mm⇑ 5 m
Bambusa grandisChina Southeast∅ 100 mm⇑ 15 m
Bambusa griffithianaAssam, Bangladesh, Myanmar
Bambusa guangxiensisChina Southeast⇑ 3 m
Bambusa gurgandiiVietnam
Bambusa hainanensisHainan⇑ 10 m
Bambusa heterostachyaMalaya∅ 60 mm⇑ 12 m
Bambusa hirticaulisChina Southeast
Bambusa indigenaChina Southeast∅ 60 mm⇑ 13 m
Bambusa insularisHainan∅ 50 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa intermediaChina South-Central∅ 70 mm⇑ 15 m
Bambusa jacobsiiJava∅ 100 mm⇑ 25 m
Bambusa jaintianaAssam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal∅ 35 mm⇑ 12 m
Bambusa khasianaAssam∅ 30 mm⇑ 15 m
Bambusa kingianaBangladesh, Myanmar∅ 100 mm⇑ 22 m
Bambusa kyathaungtuBangladesh, Myanmar⇑ 19 m
Bambusa lakoLesser Sunda Is.∅ 80 mm⇑ 15 m
Bambusa lapideaChina South-Central, China Southeast∅ 65 mm⇑ 17 m
Bambusa latideltataChina Southeast∅ 50 mm⇑ 8 m
Bambusa laxaMalaya∅ 40 mm⇑ 6 m
Bambusa lentaChina Southeast∅ 45 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa longipaleaChina Southeast∅ 60 mm⇑ 8 m
Bambusa longispiculataBangladesh, Myanmar∅ 80 mm⇑ 15 m
Bambusa macrolemmaBismarck Archipelago∅ 20 mm
Bambusa macrotisChina Southeast∅ 60 mm⇑ 7 m
Bambusa maculataLesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Sulawesi∅ 70 mm⇑ 15 m
Bambusa majumdariiAssam∅ 80 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa malingensisHainan∅ 60 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa manipureanaAssam∅ 60 mm⇑ 5 m
Bambusa marginataMyanmar
Bambusa merrilliiPhilippines⇑ 18 m
Bambusa mizorameanaAssam∅ 60 mm⇑ 13 m
Bambusa mohanramiiAssam∅ 60 mm⇑ 15 m
Bambusa mollisChina Southeast∅ 35 mm⇑ 8 m
Bambusa mompanaEast Himalaya
Bambusa multiplexChina South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Vietnam∅ 25 mm⇑ 7 m
Bambusa mutabilisHainan∅ 30 mm⇑ 5 m
Bambusa nagalandianaAssam∅ 100 mm⇑ 12 m
Bambusa nairianaAssam∅ 80 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa nepalensisNepal∅ 100 mm⇑ 20 m
Bambusa nutansAssam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya∅ 70 mm⇑ 12 m
Bambusa odashimaeTaiwan∅ 120 mm⇑ 20 m
Bambusa oldhamiiChina Southeast, Hainan∅ 80 mm⇑ 16 m
Bambusa oliverianaMyanmar∅ 50 mm⇑ 13 m
Bambusa oohLesser Sunda Is.∅ 100 mm
Bambusa pachinensisChina Southeast, Taiwan∅ 60 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa pallidaAssam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam∅ 75 mm⇑ 20 m
Bambusa papillataChina Southeast∅ 40 mm⇑ 6 m
Bambusa papillatoidesChina Southeast∅ 30 mm⇑ 6 m
Bambusa pervariabilisChina Southeast∅ 55 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa pierreanaThailand, Vietnam⇑ 12 m
Bambusa piscatorumHainan∅ 35 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa polymorphaBangladesh, China South-Central, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand∅ 150 mm⇑ 25 m
Bambusa proceraCambodia, Vietnam⇑ 12 m
Bambusa prominensChina South-Central∅ 70 mm⇑ 15 m
Bambusa purpurovagianHainan
Bambusa ramispinosaChina Southeast∅ 38 mm⇑ 8 m
Bambusa rangaensisAssam, East Himalaya∅ 35 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa rectocuneataChina Southeast∅ 80 mm⇑ 14 m
Bambusa remotifloraChina Southeast, Hainan, Vietnam∅ 70 mm⇑ 12 m
Bambusa riauensisSumatera∅ 30 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa rigidaChina South-Central∅ 60 mm⇑ 12 m
Bambusa ripariaNew Guinea⇑ 3 m
Bambusa rongchengensisChina South-Central∅ 120 mm⇑ 17 m
Bambusa rugataChina Southeast∅ 30 mm⇑ 4 m
Bambusa rutilaChina South-Central, China Southeast∅ 60 mm⇑ 12 m
Bambusa salarkhaniiBangladesh, Nepal∅ 100 mm⇑ 15 m
Bambusa semitectaChina Southeast∅ 15 mm⇑ 3 m
Bambusa sesquifloraThailand, Vietnam∅ 100 mm⇑ 6 m
Bambusa sinospinosaChina South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan∅ 140 mm⇑ 24 m
Bambusa solidaBorneo
Bambusa solomonensisSolomon Is.⇑ 5 m
Bambusa spinosaBorneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi∅ 100 mm
Bambusa stenoauritaChina Southeast∅ 70 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa striatomaculataHainan
Bambusa subaequalisChina South-Central∅ 60 mm⇑ 12 m
Bambusa subtruncataChina Southeast∅ 25 mm⇑ 5 m
Bambusa surrectaChina Southeast∅ 60 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa tabacariaJava, Maluku, Vietnam
Bambusa teresAssam, Bangladesh, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet∅ 75 mm⇑ 20 m
Bambusa textilisChina Southeast, Vietnam∅ 60 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa transvenulaChina Southeast∅ 60 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa truncataChina Southeast∅ 45 mm⇑ 7 m
Bambusa tsangiiVietnam∅ 100 mm⇑ 3 m
Bambusa tuldaAssam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya∅ 100 mm⇑ 20 m
Bambusa tuldoidesChina Southeast, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Vietnam∅ 50 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa utilisTaiwan∅ 70 mm⇑ 14 m
Bambusa validaChina Southeast∅ 120 mm⇑ 16 m
Bambusa variostriataChina Southeast∅ 70 mm⇑ 12 m
Bambusa ventricosaChina Southeast, Vietnam∅ 50 mm⇑ 10 m
Bambusa villosulaMyanmar∅ 75 mm
Bambusa vinhphuensisVietnam∅ 90 mm⇑ 15 m
Bambusa viridisNew Guinea∅ 50 mm⇑ 20 m
Bambusa vulgarisCambodia, China South-Central, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam∅ 100 mm⇑ 20 m
Bambusa wenchouensisChina Southeast∅ 100 mm⇑ 16 m
Bambusa xiashanensisChina Southeast∅ 55 mm⇑ 13 m
Bambusa xueanaChina South-Central∅ 70 mm⇑ 12 m
Bambusa xuelinianaChina Southeast

Source: Kew Science

Common Names for Bambusa Species

Bamboo growers and garden books frequently refer to bamboos by their 'common names'. Below you'll find a table with the most common English names for Bambusa and their correct scientific names.

More common names in English can be found here: Common Bamboo Names.

Common NameBotanical Name
Beechey BambooBambusa beecheyana
Buddha's Belly BambooBambusa tuldoides 'Ventricosa'
Chinese Goddess BambooBambusa multiplex ‘Riviereorum’
Chinese Thorny BambooBambusa sinospinosa
Common BambooBambusa vulgaris
Fernleaf BambooBambusa multiplex ‘Fernleaf’
Giant Thorny BambooBambusa bambos
Giant Timber BambooBambusa oldhamii
Hedge BambooBambusa multiplex
Horsehoof BambooBambusa lapidea
Iron Range BambooBambusa forbesii
Oldham's BambooBambusa oldhamii
Painted BambooBambusa vulgaris 'Vittata'
Punting Pole BambooBambusa tuldoides
Timor Black BambooBambusa lako
Weaver's BambooBambusa textilis
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