Poaceae
Puntingpole bamboo
Bambusa tuldoides
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bambusa
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 青竿竹, 淡竹壳, 淡竹根, 淡竹笋, 竹卷心, 竹叶, 竹沥, 竹茹
- English
- Puntingpole bamboo, Buddha bamboo, Buddha's belly Bamboo, Buddha's-belly bamboo, Punting pole Bamboo, Swollen-stemmed bamboo, Verdant bamboo
- Malay
- Buluh balai
- Vietnamese
- Hóp nhỏ, Hóp
Synonyms
- Arundarbor angulata (Munro) Kuntze
- Arundarbor breviflora (Munro) Kuntze
- Arundarbor brevifolia Kuntze
- Arundarbor tuldoides (Munro) Kuntze
- Arundinaria angulata (Munro) Porterf.
- Bambusa angulata Munro
- Bambusa blumeana Hook. & Arn.
- Bambusa breviflora Munro
- Bambusa breviflora var. hainanensis G.A.Fu
- Bambusa fauriei Hack.
- Bambusa flavonoda W.T.Lin
- Bambusa longiflora W.T.Lin
- Bambusa pallescens (Döll) Hack.
- Bambusa parvifolia W.T.Lin
- Bambusa tulda Benth.
- Chimonobambusa angulata (Munro) T.Q.Nguyen
- Chimonobambusa angulata (Munro) Nakai
- Guadua pallescens Döll
- Leleba breviflora (Munro) Nakai
- Leleba faurei (Hack.) Nakai
- Leleba tuldoides (Munro) Nakai
- Tetragonocalamus angulatus (Munro) Nakai
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: KLé Ragno, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alialb, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alialb, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.