Scientific classification

Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Monocots
(unranked):Commelinids
Order:Poales
Family:Poaceae
Subfamily:Bambusoideae
Supertribe:Bambusodae
Tribe:Bambuseae
Subtribe:Bambusinae
Genus:Bambusa
Species:B. vulgaris

Binomial name
Bambusa vulgaris

Bambusa vulgaris forms moderately loose clumps and has no thorns.It has lemon-yellow culms (stems) with green stripes and dark green leaves.Stems are not straight, not easy to split, inflexible, thick-walled, and initially strong.The densely tufted culms grow 10–20 metres (30–70 ft) high and 4–10 centimetres (2–4 in) thick.Culms are basally straight or flexuose (bent alternately in different directions), drooping at the tips. Culm walls are slightly thick.Nodes are slightly inflated. Internodes are 20–45 centimetres (7.9–17.7 in). Several branches develop from mid-culm nodes and above. Culm leaves are deciduous with dense pubescence.Leaf blades are narrowly lanceolate.