BAMBOO SPECIES
DENDROCALAMUS ASPER (MYANMAR)
Bamboos are part of the grass family Poaceae. There are 1642 known species, which occupy a broad range of environments across the world, largely in tropical to warm temperate ecosystems.
The main bamboo species of the project
- General Name: Manh tong
- Scientific Name: Dendrocalamus asper (Myanmar clone)
- Other Name: Giant Bamboo
- Family: Poaceae
- Tribe: Bambuseas
- Genus: Dendrocalamus
- Heigh: 20 - 30m
- Diameter: 8 – 20 cm
- Grow habit: Dense clumping
- Climate: Tropical, Subtropical
- Seedling from seed








