Bamboo

Alok Goyal

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Feb 23, 2011, 4:41:43 AM2/23/11

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Hallo all

Can anyone please tell me whether you have seen black bamboo growing anywhere in India.

the botanical name is Phyllostachys nigra....

Alok

ajinkya gadave

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Feb 23, 2011, 7:19:33 AM2/23/11

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hello alok jee

in our pune city lot of nursery's selling black bamboo.

Neil Soares

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Feb 23, 2011, 7:54:48 AM2/23/11

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Hi,

Even though Phyllostachya nigra [a native of China] is called Black Bamboo, the real Black Bamboo is Gigantochloa atroviolacea [a native of Java].

Both do not occur naturally in India.

With regards,

Neil Soares.

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Anand Kumar Bhatt

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Feb 24, 2011, 4:45:26 AM2/24/11

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mainly a garden plant, grown as a curiosity in our country.

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