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Bambusa balcooa

AuthorityRoxb.
FamilyLiliopsida:Commelinidae:Cyperales:Gramineae
SynonymsBambusa balcoa, Dendrocalamus balcooa (Roxb.) Voigt (1845)
Common namesbalku bans(Bengali), baluka((Assam), bamboo, bambú das pradarias, beru, betwa, borak bans, boro bans sil barua, plains bamboo, teli barua, wamnah
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Ecocrop code3615



Notes
SOURCES
Hassan M 1988 pp 505-513 [RAIN, TEMP, DRA, TEXT, PH, DEP, SAL]
Roecklein J 1987 pp 417 [USE]
Duke J 1975 pp 8 [PH, RAIN, TEMP]
Banik R 1988 pp 576-583 [TEXT, DRA, PH, TEMP, RAIN]

GROWING PERIOD
Perennial bamboo. (GMIN and GMAX estimated by the compiler).

COMMON NAMES
Barobans, Barua, Barak, Valku.

FURTHER INF
Bamboos grow between the latitudes 40°N and S. Though the big bamboo forests usually occur between 15-25°N and S.
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