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