Bambusa bambos
Giant Thorny Bamboo, Indian Thorny Bamboo
Other regional names: Thorny Bamboo
- Thorny Bamboo
Also known as: Arundarbor agrestis (Lour.) Kuntze +17 more
- 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 C.C.Gmel.
- Bambos bambos (L.) W.F.Wright
- Bambos bambos (L.) Wight
- Bambos maxima Poir.
- Bambos quinqueflora Stokes
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Poaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a bamboo.
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Bambusa bambos (commonly known as Giant Thorny Bamboo or Indian thorny bamboo) is a bamboo belonging to the Poaceae family. Indigenous to Tropical Asia, this species is primarily associated with wet tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Bamboo
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TROPICAL
Regions (WGSRPD)
Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras, Jawa, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, Seychelles, Sumatera, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.