A Half-yearly Peer Reviewed Journal of Bangladesh Forest Research Institute
Dendrocalamus Strictus Nees-was introduced to Hazarikhil during the year 1939 (Hasan 1978). Eight offsets of this species were collected from that area and planted in the Forest Research Institute campus (FRI), Chittagong in 1974. Later on, during 1981-1982, five clumps were also
raised in Keochia Research Station through offsets collected from the same mother clump of Hazarikhil.