THE AUSTRALIAN BAMBOO NETWORK
PO BOX 557, Yass,
New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 2582
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THE AUSTRALIAN BAMBOO NETWORK |
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SPECIES INFORMATION - D |
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GUIDE TO USING THIS DATA: |
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Height (m.) |
Dia. (cm.) |
Temp.(°C) |
Shade/Sun |
Suppliers |
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Indicates height shoots are likely to reach in metres |
Average shoot diameter in centimetres |
Minimum tolerance in degrees centigrade |
Tolerance to shade / sun where 1 = full shade and 5 = full sun |
Identifies Australian suppliers - refer to supplier index for more details |
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DENDROCALAMUS: Medium to giant tropical genus similar to Bambusa containing about 35 species. Native to India, Sri Lanka, Malesia, China and the Philippines. |
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Dendrocalamus asper |
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Height (m.) |
Dia. (cm.) |
Temp.(°C) |
Shade/Sun |
Suppliers |
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30 |
20 |
-5 |
5 |
C F D H W |
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Description: Erect open and robust clumps, whose culms droop slightly. Lower nodes are ringed by a whorl of smaller rootlets. Edible shoots. |
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D. auriculata [Syn. ?B. auriculata?] |
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Height (m.) |
Dia. (cm.) |
Temp.(°C) |
Shade/Sun |
Suppliers |
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16 |
7 |
? |
? |
? |
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Description: Culms glossy green beneath a powdery covering when young. Old culms have smooth nodes and become yellowish. |
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Dendrocalamus brandisii |
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Height (m.) |
Dia. (cm.) |
Temp.(°C) |
Shade/Sun |
Suppliers |
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35 |
20 |
2 |
5 |
D H W |
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Description: Large Burmese bamboo with thick-walled culms. Open clumps and lower parts of culms branchless. Used for building and other village purposes. |
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D. giganteus |
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Height (m.) |
Dia. (cm.) |
Temp.(°C) |
Shade/Sun |
Suppliers |
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33 |
25 |
? |
? |
C D H W |
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Description: Probably the largest of all grasses. Most useful large bamboo, used in construction work, for paper pulp, and has edible shoots. Slow to establish. |
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D. latiflorus |
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Height (m.) |
Dia. (cm.) |
Temp.(°C) |
Shade/Sun |
Suppliers |
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25 |
20 |
-4 |
5 |
C D H L W |
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Description: Tall, very erect clumping bamboo with strong thick culms. Important in Taiwan for high quality shoot and timber production. Leaves grow to 30 cm. long and 7.5 cm. wide. Used to pipe water in China. |
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D. latiflorus cv. Mei Nung |
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Height (m.) |
Dia. (cm.) |
Temp.(°C) |
Shade/Sun |
Suppliers |
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22 |
18 |
-4 |
5 |
C H L W |
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Description: As for the species, except culms yellow-green striped with darker green. Few leaves are yellow striped. |
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D longispathus |
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Height (m.) |
Dia. (cm.) |
Temp.(°C) |
Shade/Sun |
Suppliers |
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18 |
12 |
? |
? |
C |
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Description: Attractive south-Asian species, with long leaves and large internodes. General use, edible new shoots.[ Some plants previously identified thus by sellers are now thought to be an unknown species of Schizostachyum.] |
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D. membranaceus |
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Height (m.) |
Dia. (cm.) |
Temp.(°C) |
Shade/Sun |
Suppliers |
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20 |
10 |
? |
5 |
D H L W |
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Description: Burmese native. Thin walled culms used for building, pulping and craft work. New shoots bitter, but processed for canning. Culm sheaths on young shoots beautifully marked and young culms covered in white bloom. |
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D. sikkimensis |
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Height (m.) |
Dia. (cm.) |
Temp.(°C) |
Shade/Sun |
Suppliers |
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20 |
18 |
? |
5 |
H W |
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Description: Grows to 2100 m in altitude in NE India. Favourite for buckets and other containers. [This plant has been sold under the name Gigantochloa levis.] |
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D. strictus |
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Height (m.) |
Dia. (cm.) |
Temp.(°C) |
Shade/Sun |
Suppliers |
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13 |
7 |
5 |
? |
? |
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Description: Thick-walled or solid culms with long curved upper branches. Grows well in dry conditions. India's most important timber and pulp bamboo.Possibly several of the five known varieties are in Australia. |
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DINOCHLOA: Open clambering to climbing clumps of zig-zag culms with small horned structures at base of culm sheaths and straight internodes characterise this genus. Extend from Burma to Philippines but mainly Malaysian. |
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D. scandens |
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Height (m.) |
Dia. (cm.) |
Temp.(°C) |
Shade/Sun |
Suppliers |
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10 |
1 |
-2 |
4 |
C W L |
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Description: Twining species with rough black culms and large decorative ovate leaves. Suitable for indoor growing. |
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DREPANOSTACHYUM: This genus has been absorbed by Sinarundinaria in Grasses of the World. Small to medium sized clumping bamboo genus, some with elongated rhizome necks, from Africa, Madagascar, Asia and central America. |
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Drepanostachyum falcatum [Syn. D. gracilis] |
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Height (m.) |
Dia. (cm.) |
Temp.(°C) |
Shade/Sun |
Suppliers |
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6 |
2 |
-9 |
2 |
A C L W |
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Description: Attractive bamboo with dark green leaves. Some clones flower almost continuously. |
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D. hookerianum |
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Height (m.) |
Dia. (cm.) |
Temp.(°C) |
Shade/Sun |
Suppliers |
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8 |
5 |
-9 |
3 |
? |
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Description: Culms green or yellow striped with lavender-pink. |
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