Dendrocalamus giganteus, known as giant
bamboo, is the tallest among the bamboos,
measuring on an average about 25 m high and 25
cm diameter. It is cultivated in Cox’s Bazar,
Banderban, Chittagong, Mymensingh, Panchagar,
Jessore and some other Districts ofBangladesh. Its
local names are wara bans, bhudumbans, bombai
bans, raja bans, kanchan bans, etc. It grows
luxuriantly in all the flood free areas.
It was reported earlier that D. giganteus
flowered at Calcutta Botanical Garden, India in
1860-61 and again in 1888 and in Burma in 1892
(Gamble 1896). Lahiri (1974) reported that one
clump introduced during 1880-88 at Kurseong
Division, India flowered in 1974. Bahadur (1979)
reported flowering of this species at Forest
Weight
(gm)
0.042
Weight
(gm)
0.050
Length
(cm)
0.726
Width
s/s (cm)
0.32
Width
v/d (cm)
Average* 0.286
Maximum
Research Institute campus, Dehra Dun in 1979. As
reported by Gupta (1982), one clump flowered in
1981 along the Tuli-Wokha road of Nagaland,
India.