Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd. - bamboo
Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd. - bamboo
Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd. - bamboo
MB001 : Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd.
| Plant Category | : | Bamboo |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 561 |
| Synonym | : | Arundarbor agrestis (Lour.) Kuntze; Arundarbor arundinacea (Retz.) Kuntze; Arundarbor bambos (L.) Kuntze; Arundarbor orientalis (Nees) Kuntze; Arundarbor spinosa (Buch.-Ham.) Kuntze; Arundarbor teba (Miq.) Kuntze; Arundo agrestis Lour.; Arundo arborea Mill.; Arundo bambos L.; Arundo bambu Lour.; Arundo excelsa Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Arundo spinosa (Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham.) Oken; Bambos arundinacea Retz.; Bambos arundo J.F.Gmel.; Bambos bambos (L.) W.F.Wright [Invalid]; Bambos quinqueflora Stokes [Illegitimate]; Bambusa agrestis (Lour.) Poir.; Bambusa arundo Wight ex Steud. [Invalid] .; Bambusa bambusa Huth [Invalid]; Bambusa neesiana Arn. ex Munro [Invalid]; Bambusa orientalis Nees; Bambusa spinosa Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham.; Bambusa spinosa Roxb.; Ischurochloa arundinacea var. orientalis (Nees) Buse; Ischurochloa spinosa (Buch.-Ham.) Buse; Nastus arundinaceus (Retz.) Sm.; Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Katang - Bans |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae |
| Description | : | Tall woody bamboo, stems thorny, numerous, tufted, up to 40 m tall, curving at top; branches numerous, internodes 30–45 cm long, prominent, bearing in lower parts of stems dense half whorls of stiff, naked, horizontal branches, armed with 2–3 recurved, stout spines; lowest nodes rooting; stem-sheaths leathery, orange-yellow when young, hairy outside, shining and ribbed inside, 30–45 cm long; blade triangular, glabrous, covered with a brown felt of bristly hairs inside; leaves thin, linear, up to 20 cm long, glabrous above, hair beneath; leaf-sheaths hairy, small; inflorescence an enormous panicle, often occupying the entire stem; branchlets loose clusters of pale, glabrous spikes. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The root (burnt root) is applied to ringworm, bleeding gums, painful joints (Khare, 2007). Seeds are acrid,
laxative, said to be beneficial in strangury and urinary discharges (Chopra et al., 1958). Bark is used for skin eruptions (Khare, 2007). Leaf is emmenagogue, antileprotic, febrifuge, bechic, used in haemoptysis (Khare, 2007). anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, anti-diabetic, anti-oxidant, Anthelmintic, Astringent, Emmengogue activity |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Oxalic acid; Diferuloyl arabinoxylanhexasaccharide; Diferuloyl oligosaccharide; Taxiphyllin; Coumarin lactones; Anthraquinones;
Stigmast-5; 22-dien-3beta-ol;
Stigmast-5-en-3beta-ol-beta-D glucopyranoside;
Silicates; Seeds : Niacin; Riboflavin; Thiamine; benzoic acid; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Oxalic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve.
- C.S.I.R. (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research). 1948–1976. The wealth of India. 11 vols. New Delhi.
- Gohl, B. 1981. Tropical feeds. Feed information summaries and nutritive values. FAO Animal Production and Health Series 12. FAO, Rome.
- Hartwell, J.L. 1967–1971. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30–34.
- Mitchell, J.C. and Rook, A. 1979. Botanical dermatology. Greenglass Ltd., Vancouver. |
| Reference | : | ~ R I Patel; "Forest flora of Melghat"; Prabhat Press, Meerut (1968); PMID : ~ J. Lenin Bapuji and S. Venkat Ratnam; "Traditional Uses of Some Medicinal Plants by tribals of Gangaraju Madugula Mandal of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh"; Ethnobotanical Leaflets (2009); 13: 388-98 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Commelinidae |
| Order | : Cyperales |
| Family | : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family |
| Genus | : Bambusa Schreb. - bamboo |
| Species | : Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd. - bamboo |