Poaceae
Bambusa bambos
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bambusa
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- خيزران
- Assamese
- কোটোহা বাঁহ
- Burmese
- ကြခတ်ဝါး
- Chinese
- 印度簕竹, 茨竹, 緬甸刺竹, 貌子竹
- Finnish
- Kuitubambu
- French
- Bambou épineux
- Kannada
- ಹೆಬ್ಬಿದಿರು
- Malayalam
- ഇല്ലി
- shn
- မႆႉၵႅတ်ႈသွင်း, မႆႉသၢင်း
- Tamil
- மூங்கிலிரிசி
- Vietnamese
- Tre nghệ
Synonyms
- Arundarbor agrestis (Lour.) Kuntze
- Arundarbor arundinacea (Retz.) Kuntze
- Arundarbor bambos (L.) Kuntze
- Arundarbor maxima (Poir.) Kuntze
- Arundarbor orientalis (Nees) Kuntze
- Arundo agrestis Lour.
- Arundo arborea Mill.
- Arundo bambos L.
- Arundo bambu Lour.
- Arundo excelsa Salisb.
- Arundo indica Noronha
- Bambos agrestis (Lour.) Poir.
- Bambos arundinacea Retz.
- Bambos arundo J.F.Gmel.
- Bambos bambos (L.) W.F.Wright
- Bambos maxima Poir.
- Bambos quinqueflora Stokes
- Bambusa agrestis Poir.
- Bambusa agrestis (Lour.) Steud.
- Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd.
- Bambusa arundinacea var. gigantea Bahadur
- Bambusa arundinacea var. orientalis (Nees) Gamble
- Bambusa arundo Wight ex Steud.
- Bambusa arundo J.F.Gmel.
- Bambusa bambos f. gigantea (Bahadur) S.S.Jain & S.Biswas
- Bambusa bambos var. gigantea (Bahadur) Benn & R.C.Gaur
- Bambusa bambusa Huth
- Bambusa indica André
- Bambusa maxima (Poir.) Steud.
- Bambusa neesiana Arn. ex Munro
- Bambusa orientalis Nees
- Gigantochloa maxima (Poir.) Kurz
- Ischurochloa arundinacea var. orientalis (Nees) Buse
- Nastus arundiaceus (Retz.) Coyte
- Nastus arundinaceus (Retz.) Sm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Photos
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Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.