Bamboo
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Scientific name
Bambusa vulgaris Schrad.
English Name
Bamboo
Malayalam name
മഞ്ഞ മുള
Common name
Yellow Bamboo
Description
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Grown in homesteads and parks
- Leaves : dark green leaves
- Culms : lemon yellow with green stripes and dark green leaves
- Fruit : Fruit set is rare
How to use
- Appetizer : The boiled bamboo shoot or pickle is served as an appetizer.
- Wounds : Decoction of tender shoots is also used for cleaning wounds and maggot infected sores, ulcers etc
- Stomach disorders : Decoction of bamboo leaves are used for treating stomach disorders, diarrhea and for promoting stomach functions, promote and regulate menstrual cycles and killing of intestinal worms
Uses
Appetizer, Ornamental, hut making, hedge plant.
Parts used
Leaves
Conservation
Propagation & Cultivation
it is important to use the whole lot of seed of bamboo for growing planting stock whenever there is gregarious flowering and seeding.Seeds can be collected both from the clumps and ground. Generally, seeds produced in the early part (mid-February to May) of the season are healthy and more viable.
