Some species of bamboos produce flowers
once in their life and die after flowering.
The seeding cycle is said to be 6 to 120 years.
Some other species produce flowers annually
throughout the year and do not die after
flowering. In order to keep record on the
nature of flowering of bamboos, Government
of India issued a circular in 1893 which has
Gupta, M. L. S. 1952. Gregarious flowering
of Dendrocalamus strictus. Ind. For.
78 : 547-550
Gupta, K. K. 1972, Flowering of different
species of bamboos in Cachhar
district of Assam in recent times. Ind.
For. 98 : 83-85
Scngupta, M. L. 1939. Early flowering in
Dendrocalamus strictus. Ind. For. 65 :
583-585
been incorporated in Bangladesh and other
Forest Manuals ( Hasan 1973 ). For
Bangladesh, there is no regular report of the
flowering of bamboos. Hasan (1973) reported
and analysed the flowering of 5 species of
Bangladesh bamboos which flowered till
1973. Banik (1979) reported the flowering of
“Baijjya Bansh” (Bambusa vulgaris Schrad