Bambusa Bambos, Bamboo, Moongil, veduru bongu

Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss.
Family: Poaceae

Synonyms: Arundarbor agrestis (Lour.) Kuntze, Arundarbor arundinacea (Retz.) Kuntze, Arundarbor bambos (L.) Kuntze, Arundarbor orientalis (Nees) Kuntze, Arundarbor spinosa (Buch.-Ham.) Kuntze, Arundarbor teba (Miq.) Kuntze, Arundo agrestis Lour., Arundo arborea Mill., Arundo bambu Lour., Arundo excelsa Salisb. , Arundo spinosa (Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham.) Oken, Bambos arundinacea Retz., Bambos arundo J.F.Gmel., Bambos bambos (L.) W.F.Wright , Bambos quinqueflora Stokes , Bambusa agrestis (Lour.) Poir., Bambusa arundinacea Willd., Bambusa arundo Wight ex Steud. , Bambusa bambusa Huth , Bambusa neesiana Arn. ex Munro , Bambusa orientalis Nees, Bambusa spinosa Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham., Ischurochloa spinosa (Buch.-Ham.) Buse, Nastus arundinaceus (Retz.) Sm., Arundo bambos L., Bambusa spinosa Roxb., Bambusa arundinacea var. gigantea Bahadur , Bambusa arundinacea var. orientalis (Nees) Gamble, Bambusa arundinacea var. spinosa (Buch.-Ham.) E.G.Camus, Bambusa bambos var. spinosa (Buch.-Ham.) S.S.Jain & S.Biswas, Ischurochloa arundinacea var. orientalis (Nees) Buse

Common name: Indian Thorny Bamboo, giant thorny bamboo, male bamboo, spiny bamboo, spring bamboo

• Assamese: জাতি-বাঁহ jaati baansh, মোকাল-বাঁহ mokal baansh
• Bengali: বাঁশ baansha
• French: Bambou épineux
• Gujarati: બામ્બુ baambu, વાંસ vaans
• Hindi: बांस baans, बम्बू bambu, बंस buns
• Kannada: ಬಿದಿರು bidiru, ವಂಶ vamsha
• Kashmiri: वंशः Vanshah, बैँस् Bains, बाँस् Bons
• Konkani: वासो vaaso, वसो vaso, वेलु velu
• Malayalam: മുള mula
• Manipuri: সনৈবী Saneibi
• Marathi: बांबू baamboo, कळक kalaka, कळंक kalanka, माणगा maanga, वेळू velu
• Nepali: काँस kauns
• Oriya: ਮਗਰ ਬਾਂਸ magar baans
• Sanskrit: आमुपः amupah, आर्द्रपत्रकः ardrapatrakah, कण्टकः kantakah, कण्टकिलः kantakilah, वम्भः vambhah, वंशः vamsh
• Tamil: குழாய்மூங்கில் kulay-munkil, பெருமூங்கில் peru-munkil
• Telugu: బొంగువెదురు bongu-veduru, వంశము vamsamu, వెదురు veduru
• Urdu: بانس baans, بمبو bambu, نبس buns
• Vietnamese: Tre nghệ

Description: Culms from a thick stoloniferous rhizome, erect, 10-20 cm across; culm sheaths broadly triangular, densely brownish-hairy within, and scattered hairy without. Leaves to 20 cm long; sheaths to 12 x .2 cm, linear, glabrous; ligule short, entire; petiole short. Inflorescence a compound panicle with the spikelets in heads. Spikelets 1-many-flowered, 0.8-2 cm long, oblong, terete. Bracts glume-like. Glumes 1-3, to 5.5 mm, broadly ovate, mucronate. Lemmas to 6.5 mm, lanceolate, mucronate, coriaceous, glabrous. Paleas to 7 mm, 2-keeled, ciliate. Stamens 6. Style 1; stigmas 3. Caryopsis linearly cylindric.

Ayurvedic uses: Leaf bud and young shoots—used in dysmenorrhoea; externally in ulcerations. Leaf—emmenagogue, antileprotic, febrifuge, bechic; used in haemoptysis. Stem and leaf—blood purifier (used in leucoderma and inflammatory conditions). Root—poisonous. Burnt root is applied to ringworm, bleeding gums, painful joints. Bark—used for eruptions. Leaf and Bamboo-manna—emmenagogue. Bamboo-manna—pectoral, expectorant, carminative, cooling, aphrodisiac, tonic (used in debilitating diseases, urinary infections, chest diseases, cough, asthma). [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]

Emmenagogue, anthelmintic, astringent, stimulant [Medicinal Plants Kerala Ag University]

Published articles of Bambusa Bambos
1. Methanolic Extract of Leaves of Bambusa Bambos (Druce) in the Prevention of Atherothrombotic Complications: A Mechanistic Approach
By: Kaikini, Aakruti; Dhande, Swati; VilasraoKadam
INDIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY  Volume: 45   Supplement: 1   Pages: S60-S60   Published: DEC 2013

2. Therapeutic potentials of Bambusa bambos Druce.
By: Sanjita Das; Mohd Rijvan; Basu, S. P.
International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences  Volume: 3   Issue: 2   Pages: 940-942   Published: 2012

3. Preliminary studies on the central sedative and hypothermic effects of Bambusa bambos leaves
By: Singh, R. C. P.; Yadava, K. P.; Roy, B. K.
Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Sciences  Volume: 20   Issue: 1   Pages: 22-24   Published: March, 1998