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'''''Bambusa''''' is a large [[genus]] (about 37 [[species]]) of clumping [[bamboo]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/bambusa.htm |title=The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references |accessdate=2009-08-19 |author=Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. |year=2008 |work=The Grass Genera of the World }}</ref> These species are usually giant ones, with numerous branches at a node and one or two much larger than the rest. They are found in [[Tropics|tropical]] and [[subtropical]] areas of [[Asia]], especially in the [[monsoon]] and wet [[Tropics]].

==Cultivation==


===Propagation===
Offsets buried in soil.

===Pests and diseases===


==Species==
*''[[Bambusa arnhemica]]''
*''[[Bambusa arundinacea]]''- Giant Thorny
*''[[Bambusa balcooa]]''
*''[[Bambusa bambos]]'' - aka arundinacea giant thorny bamboo
*''[[Bambusa basihirsuta]]''
*''[[Bambusa beecheyana]]'' - Beechey bamboo; source of commercial bamboo sprouts in s. China
*''[[Bambusa blumeana]]''
*''[[Bambusa boniopsis]]''
*''[[Bambusa burmanica]]''
*''[[Bambusa chungii]]''
*''[[Bambusa emeiensis]]''
*''[[Bambusa forbesii]]'' - iron range bamboo
*''[[Bambusa glaucophylla]]'' - Malay dwarf
*''[[Bambusa lako]]'' - Timor black
*''[[Bambusa longispiculata]]'' -40' Burma
*''[[Bambusa multiplex]]'' - hedge bamboo
*''[[Bambusa oldhamii]]''
*''[[Bambusa pachinensis]]''
*''[[Bambusa sinospinosa]]'' - Chinese thorny bamboo
*''[[Bambusa tulda]]''
*''[[Bambusa ventricosa]]'' - Buddha bamboo
*''[[Bambusa vulgaris]]''

==Gallery==
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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->

==External links==
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