Bambusa blumeana

Bambusa blumeana
	Bambusa blumeana
Systematics
Family :	Sweet grasses (Poaceae)
Subfamily :	Bamboo (Bambusoideae)
Tribe :	Bambuseae
Sub tribus :	Bambusinae
Genre :	Bambusa
Type :	Bambusa blumeana
Scientific name
	Bambusa blumeana
	School. & Schult. f.

Bambusa blumeana is a species of plant in the genus Bambusa within the sweet grass family(Poaceae). It grows densely grouped in places in tropical Southeast Asia .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Bambusa blumeana grows as an evergreen, woody and thorny bamboo . The lignified stalks grow 15 to 24 meters high, have a diameter of 8 to 15 cm and are green and slightly bent at the top. The hollow internodes have a length of 25 to 35 cm and a wall thickness of 2 to 3 cm. Other botanists found some smaller dimensions. In the lowest stalk area, the internodes are filled, especially under dry conditions, and usually have a ring of gray-brown aerial roots. The stalks are armed with sharp thorns, similar to only 14 other types of bamboo. In the upper area from the middle there are also larger side branches. The evergreen leaves are 10 to 20 cm long and 12 to 25 mm wide.

Generative characteristics

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 68, 70 or 72.

Occurrence

Bambusa blumeana was originally found in Indonesia , the Malay Peninsula and Timor and was distributed by humans in China , Thailand , Vietnam , southern Japan and the Philippines .

Bambusa blumeana usually thrives in sunny to partially shaded locations. The soil should be moist and acidic, especially in a dry climate, and have a pH value of 5-6.5. Loamy or sandy-loamy soils are optimal. Bambusa blumeana is not very tolerant of salt. These conditions are mainly met along rivers along mountain streams or on slopes. Bambusa blumeana mostly occurs at altitudes of 300 meters, in Taiwan up to 1000 meters.

Systematics

The first description of Bambusa Blumeana was made in 1830 by Josef August Schultes and Julius Hermann Schultes .

Bambusa blumeana is phylogenetically related to the Australian Bambusa arnhemica , they are probably sister species . This relationship points to the overcoming of the Wallace Line in the spread of Bambusa from Asia to Sahul by means of the Timor bridgehead before the arrival of humans .

use

Shoots of Bambusa Blumeana are edible and are used as in Southeast Asia vegetables traded. Lignified stalks are used in a variety of ways as building material, for floors, basketry, furniture, cladding, chopsticks, hats, toys.

Bambusa blumeana is also planted for the recultivation of wasteland or as a wind and erosion hedge in agriculture.

Web links

Commons : Bambusa blumeana - collection of images, videos and audio files

United States Department of Agriculture: Bambusa blumeana Schult. f. , accessed August 17, 2015.

literature

Nianhe Xia, Liang-zhi Jia, De-Zhu Li, Chris Stapleton: Bambusa. : Bambusa blumeana , p. 12 - online with the same text as the printed work , In: Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven, Deyuan Hong (ed.): Flora of China. Volume 22: Poaceae , Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis 2006, ISBN 1-930723-50-4 .
Christoper Brickell (Ed.): RHS AZ Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. 3rd edition, Dorling Kindersley, London 2003, ISBN 0-7513-3738-2 . (engl.)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e J. A. Schultes , JH Schultes : Bambusa blumeana. In: Syst. Veg. 7, No. 2, 1830, p. 1343.

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Stéphane Schröder: Bambusa blumeana , 19. October 2011 accessed August 17, 2015.

↑ Abd Latif Mohmod, Ashaari Hj. Amin, Jamaludin Kasim, Mohd. Zin Jusuh: Effects of anatomical characteristics on the physical and mechanical properties of Bambusa blumeana. (PDF) In: Journal of Tropical Forest Science 6, No. 2, 1993, pp. 159-170.

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Donald C. Franklin: Taxonomic interpretations of Australian native bamboos (Poaceae: Bambuseae) and their biogeographic implications. In: Telopea , Volume 12, No. 2, 2008, pp. 179–191 PDF ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2

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↑ Abdullah Bamualim, Joko Triastono, Evert Hosang, Tony Basuki, Simon P. Field: Bamboo as a fallow crop on Timor Island, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia. Chapter 39 in: Malcolm Cairns: Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming. RFF Press, Washington DC 2007, p. 471.

↑ Systema Vegetabilium 7, No. 2, p. 1343

[Schultes-1] J. A. Schultes , JH Schultes : Bambusa blumeana. In: Syst. Veg. 7, No. 2, 1830, p. 1343.

[Schröder-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Stéphane Schröder: Bambusa blumeana , 19. October 2011 accessed August 17, 2015.

[3] Abd Latif Mohmod, Ashaari Hj. Amin, Jamaludin Kasim, Mohd. Zin Jusuh: Effects of anatomical characteristics on the physical and mechanical properties of Bambusa blumeana. (PDF) In: Journal of Tropical Forest Science 6, No. 2, 1993, pp. 159-170.