Poaceae

Common bamboo

Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J.C.Wendl.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Bambusa

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Common bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris) — FlowerPhoto: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (21)

Arabic: خيزران مبذول, خيزران
ban: Tiing ampel
Bulgarian: Обикновен бамбук
Burmese: ရွှေဝါး
Cantonese: 黃金間碧竹
Catalan: Bambú gros
Chinese: 大佛肚竹, 泰山竹, 黄金间碧竹, 龙头竹
English: Common bamboo, Bamboo, Buddha's common bamboo, Dragon-head bamboo, Feathery bamboo, Giant golden bamboo, Giant green-striped bamboo, Golden bamboo
Finnish: Paperibambu
gor: Tomula Hulawa
Haitian Creole: Bwa banbou
Indonesian: Bambu ampel, Bambu aur, Bambu gading, Bambu kuning, Bambu wamin
Malay: Buluh minyak
Malayalam: മഞ്ഞമുള
Portuguese: Bambu-listrado, Bambu-listado
Russian: Бамбук обыкновенный
shn: မႆႉသၢင်းၶမ်း
Slovenian: Navadni bambus
Sundanese: Awi haur
Telugu: ముళ్ళవెదురు
Vietnamese: Tre mỡ

Synonyms

Arundarbor blancoi (Steud.) Kuntze
Arundarbor fera (Oken) Kuntze
Arundarbor mitis (Lour.) Kuntze
Arundarbor monogyna (Blanco) Kuntze
Arundarbor striata (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Kuntze
Arundo fera Oken
Arundo mitis Lour.
Bambos mitis (Lour.) Poir.
Bambusa auriculata Kurz
Bambusa blancoi Steud.
Bambusa fera (Oken) Miq.
Bambusa humilis Rchb. ex Rupr.
Bambusa latiflora (Balansa) T.Q.Nguyen
Bambusa madagascariensis Rivière & C.Rivière
Bambusa mitis Blanco
Bambusa mitis (Lour.) Steud.
Bambusa monogyna Blanco
Bambusa nguyenii Ohrnb.
Bambusa sieberi Griseb.
Bambusa striata Lodd. ex Lindl.
Bambusa surinamensis Rupr.
Bambusa thouarsii (Raspail) Kunth
Bambusa vulgaris f. vittata (Rivière & C.Rivière) McClure
Bambusa vulgaris f. vittata (Rivière & C.Rivière) T.P.Yi
Bambusa vulgaris f. vulgaris
Bambusa vulgaris f. waminii T.H.Wen
Bambusa vulgaris var. aureovariegata Beadle
Bambusa vulgaris var. latiflora Balansa
Bambusa vulgaris var. latifolia Balansa
Bambusa vulgaris var. striata (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Gamble
Bambusa vulgaris var. vittata Rivière & C.Rivière
Bambusa vulgaris var. vulgaris
Bambusa wamin E.G.Camus
Gigantochloa auriculata (Kurz) Kurz
Leleba vulgaris (Schrad. ex J.C.Wendl.) Nakai
Leleba vulgaris var. striata (Lindl.) Nakai
Nastus thouarsii Raspail
Nastus viviparus Raspail
Oxytenanthera auriculata (Kurz) Prain
Phyllostachys mitis (Lour.) Rivière & C.Rivière

and 1 more.

Flowers

Flower colour: brown (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid, Shrub, Subshrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Earth100, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thor-Rune Hansen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Yuri Ribeiro Sucupira, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kampung Bamboo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: J Alejandro González Castillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kampung Bamboo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Quentin Groom, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sellier Florian, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Haneesh K M, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kampung Bamboo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.