Bambusa vulgaris Schrad.
Family: Poaceae
Synonyms: Arundarbor blancoi (Steud.) Kuntze, Arundarbor fera (Oken) Kuntze, Arundarbor monogyna (Blanco) Kuntze, Arundarbor striata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Arundo fera Oken, 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 monogyna Blanco, Bambusa nguyenii Ohrnb., Bambusa sieberi Griseb., Bambusa striata Lodd. ex Lindl., Bambusa surinamensis Rupr., Bambusa thouarsii Kunth, 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 f. vittata (Rivière & C.Rivière) McClure, Bambusa vulgaris var. vittata Rivière & C.Rivière, Bambusa vulgaris f. vittata (Rivière & C. Rivière) T.P. Yi, Bambusa vulgaris var. vulgaris, Bambusa vulgaris f. vulgaris, Bambusa vulgaris f. waminii T.H.Wen, Gigantochloa auriculata (Kurz) Kurz, Leleba vulgaris (Schrad. ex J.C.Wendl.) Nakai, Leleba vulgaris var. striata (Lindl.) Nakai, Nastus thouarsii (Kunth) Raspail, Nastus viviparus Raspail, Oxytenanthera auriculata (Kurz) Prain, Phyllostachys striata (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Nakai
Common name: Bamboo, Common bamboo
- Chinese: 龙头竹
- Finnish: Paperibambu
- French: Bambou commun
- Hindi: Bans बांस
- Japanese: dai-san-chiku
- Manipuri: ৱা Wa
- Malayalam: മഞ്ഞമുള
- Portugues: Bambu-listrado
- Russian: Бамбук обыкновенный
- Spanish: caña brava
- Tamil: மூங்கில் moongil
- Telugu: ముళ్ళవెదురు
- Tongon: Pitu
- Vietnamese: cay-che-tau
Description: Perennials, Terrestrial, not aquatic, Rhizomes present, Rhizome short and compact, stems close, Stems woody, Stems nodes swollen or brittle, Stems erect or ascending, Stems solitary, Stems caespitose, tufted, or clustered, Stems terete, round in cross section, or polygonal, Stems branching above base or distally at nodes, Stem internodes hollow, Stems with inflorescence 1-2 m tall, Stems with inflorescence 2-6 m tall, Stems with inflorescence 6 m or taller, Stems, culms, or scapes exceeding basal leaves, Leaves mostly cauline, Leaves conspi cuously 2-ranked, distichous, Leaves pseudo-petiolate, petiole attached to sheath, Leaves sheathing at base, Leaf sheath mostly open, or loose, Leaf sheath hairy, hispid or prickly, Leaf sheath and blade differentiated, Leaves borne on branches, Leaf blades disarticulating from sheath, deciduous at ligule, Leaf blades lanceolate, Leaf blade auriculate, Leaf auricules setose or ciliate, Leaf blades 1-2 cm wide, Leaf blades 2 or more cm wide, Leaf blades mostly flat, Leaf blade margins folded, involute, or conduplicate, Leaf blades mostly glabrous, Leaf blades scabrous, roughened, or wrinkled, Ligule present, Ligule an unfringed eciliate membrane, Inflorescence terminal, Inflorescence solitary, with 1 spike, fascicle, glomerule, head, or cluster per stem or culm, Inflorescence single raceme, fascicle or spike, Inflorescence with 2-10 branches, Flowers bisexual, Spikelets pedicellate, Spikelets sessile or subsessile, Spikelets laterally compressed, Spikelet 3-10 mm wide, Spike let less than 3 mm wide, Spikelets with 3-7 florets, Spikelets solitary at rachis nodes, Spikelets all alike and fertille, Spikelets bisexual, Spikelets disarticulating above the glumes, glumes persistent, Spikelets disarticulating beneath or between the florets, Rachilla or pedicel glabrous, Glumes present, empty bracts, Glumes 2 clearly present, Glumes 3-4, Glumes equal or subequal, Glumes shorter than adjacent lemma, Glume surface hairy, villous or pilose, Glumes 4-7 nerved, Glumes 8-15 nerved, Lemma similar in texture to glumes, Lemma 8-15 nerved, Lemma glabrous, Lemma apex truncate, rounded, or obtuse, Lemma awnless, Lemma margins thin, lying flat, Lemma straight, Palea present, well developed, Palea about equal to lemma, Stamens 6, Styles 1, Stigmas 3, Fruit - caryopsis, Caryopsis ellipsoid, longitudinally grooved, hilum long-linear.
Antiviral, abortifacient. A cold decoction of the roots used for kidney troubles. Leaves sudorific and febrifuge, a drink of macerated leaves taken against venereal diseases; leaves extract to cure tuberculosis. Sap from the young shoot to treat fever and hematuria, tabasheer from culm-internodes to treat infantile epilepsy; young shoots decoction of the yellow form used to cure hepatitis; stem applied over wounds; peel of the green stem mixed with lime to stop bleeding of a fresh cut. Bark astringent and emmenagogue. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Root orally use and externally applied on the wound as an antidote [Herbal Cures: Traditional Approach]
Leaves are used to prepare tea and baths for fever patients. Boiled with Guinea grass and white rum added to the brew. it is said to be an excellent medicine for malaria and other fevers. A siliceous concretion called tabasheer found in the stems of B. arundinacea has been used in the East for treating paralytic complaints and poisoning. The native population also considers it stimulant and aphrodisiac. [ Medicinal Plants of Jamaica]
Stem: The French Guiana Palikur burn bits of dried stem for the acrid smoke which is a mosquito repellent. Used for rheumatism in NW Guyana. Shoot used to treat abcesses and malaria in NW Guyana. Leaf: Boiled leaves used as a fever bath. In Guyana, a decoction of boiled leaves is used by women as a "clean-out" for dilation and curettage, and also to aid the expulsion of the afterbirth of women and cows. Boiled as a hot tea for fever, which induces profuse perspiration. In NW Guyana, used to treat heart problems and malaria, and to ease birth. [Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana) ]
8 Published articles of Bambusa vulgaris
