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Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J.C. Wendl.
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These species of bamboo have been reported to be invasive in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast as well as some sites in the western and southwestern U.S. Infestations are commonly associated with new and very old residences from which they’ve escaped.
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United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
Asia
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Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked
Reasons: Native of tropical Asia but widely planted throughout the tropics. West Indies from Cuba to Trinidad, and from Mexico to South America. Also grown in southern Florida. The most common of 30 exotic species of bamboo in Puerto Rico, commonly planted in moist soil, such as along streams and roadsides.
Distribucion en Costa Rica: Cultivada, pero escapada y naturalizada en todo el país, en elevaciones de 200 a 1.500 m.
Distribucion General: Nativo de Asia.
Do not plant exotic bamboos. While manual control of bamboo through cutting and digging out of rhizomes is possible, it is extremely labor intensive and will need to be continued over a long time to ensure eradication. Control with herbicides is more practical and can be very effective.
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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.
- Plant: woody stems varying from about ¼ in. (arrow) to 3-4 in. diameter (common and golden) with hollow centers and solid joints; grow to heights of 7-8 ft. (arrow) to 16-40 ft. (common and golden).
- Leaves: strap-shaped and tapering with pointed tips, tough, somewhat papery or leathery, up to 10 in. long and 1-2 in. across.
- Flowers, fruits and seeds: flowering is infrequent and unpredictable; flowers are grasslike and not especially showy.
- Spreads: by vegetative means through vigorous rhizomatous growth.
- Look-alikes: other bamboos, including native giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea) and some tall grasses.
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Se ha utilizado en la contrucción de casas rústicas. En su región de origen los brotes nuevos se consumen con ensaladas.