In Bangladesh bamboos are the most important forest produce and have become an integral part of the life of most people. Five species of bamboos occur in the forests of Bangladesh. The most important is Melocanna bambusoides. Other species such as Bambusa tulda, Dendrocalamus longispathus, Neohauzeaua dullooa and Oxytenanthera nigrociliata occur sporadically in gregarious areas of Melocanna bambusoides. The stocking varies from extensive areas of pure bamboo to scattered undergrowth in predominantly timber producing areas. In order to meet the increasing demand of bamboo, for both commercial and industrial purposes, all accessible areas have been overfelled and the obvious result has been their disappearence. Felling has now started in the less accessible areas and it appears that these will meet the same fate. Replenishment of stock has, therefore, attained a new dimension. All cultivated species respond well to vegetative propagation but the species found in forests are not amenable to any of the known methods. Seed, therefore, remains the only method by which large scale plantations of forest species can be undertaken.