Bamboo species used for handicrafts in Kerala
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| Bambusa bambos (L .) Voss | Arundo bambos L. , Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Willd. Thorny bamboo (English); Kotoba (Assam); Barrowa (Bengal), Mula (Malayalam), Mungil (Tamil Nadu), Nal bans (Panjab), Mulla Veduru (Andhra Pradesh), Behor bans (West Bengal) |
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| Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees | Bambusa stricta Roxb., Bambusa hexandra Roxburgh ex Munro , Bambusa pubescens Loddiges ex Loudon, Bambos stricta (Roxburgh) Male bamboo (English), Karali (Bengal); Lathi bans (Tripura); Salia (Orissa); Kalmungil (Tamil Nadu); Kallumula (Kerala) |
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| Ochlandra ebracteata Raizada & chatterji | |
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| Ochlandra scriptoria (Dennst.) C.E.C.Fisch. | Bambusa scriptoria Dennst., Melocanna rheedii Steudel Ammei, Bheesa, kolanji, Ottal (Kerala) |
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| Ochlandra setigera Gamble | Neomicrocalamus setigerus (Gamble) Hsueh & T.P. Yi |
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| Ochlandra travancorica (Bedd.) Gamble | Beesa travancoria Bedd. Eeral (Tamil Nadu); Etta, Karretta (Kerala), Konda (Karnataka) |
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| Ochlandra wightii (Munro) C.E.C. Fisch. | Bambusa wightii Munro ,Teinostachyum wightii (Munro) Bedd. Ira-calli(Tamil Nadu) |
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| Pseudoxytenanthera bourdillonii (Gamble) H.B.Naithani | Oxytenanthera bourdillonii Gamble , Pseudotenanthera bourdillonii (Gamble) R.B Manjumdar Ponmungil(Tamil Nadu), Arambu (Kerala) |
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| Pseudoxytenanthera ritcheyi (Munro) H.B. Naithani | Arundarbor ritcheyi (Munro) kuntze, Bambusa ritcheyi Munro, Oxytenanthera monostigma Bedd. Huda, Manga (Maharashtra), Choomaree, Chiwa (Karnataka |
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| Bambusa balcooa Roxb. | Dendrocalamus balcooa (Roxb.) Voigt, Arundarbor balcooa (Roxburgh) Kuntze, Bambusa capensis Ruprecht Female bamboo (English); Baluka (Assam, Arunachal pradesh ), Balku bans (Bengal), Barak (Tripura), Bhalu bans (Nagaland) |
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| Bambusa nutans Wall. ex Munro | Bambusa crinita Thomson, Arundarbor nutans (Wallich ex Munro) Kuntze Bidhuli (Assam); Kali, Beng, Makla (Tripura); Badia bansa (Orissa), Malla (UP), Mahi bans (Sikkim), Utang (Manipur), Rungazumi (Nagaland) |
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| Bambusa pallida Munro | Dendrocalamus criticus Kurz , Arundarbor pallida (Munro) Kuntze Bijuli, Bakhal, Burwal, Bijli, Jowa (Assam); Makal (Tripura), Bijli (Arunachal Pradesh), Pashipo, Pushee (Lapcha-Sikkim), Tenang (Meghalaya), Tesero, Watoi (Nagaland) |
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| Bambusa tulda Roxb. | Dendrocalamus tulda (Roxb.) Voigt Wamunna (Assam), Tulda (Bengal), Mirtinga (Tripura), Jati (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, West Bengal), Wati, Owati (Meghalaya), Mirtinga (Tripura), Rawthing (Mizoram), Paoshiding, Koraincho bans (Sikkim), Deobans (Behar), Longmeii (Nagaland) |
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| Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex Wendl. | Bambusa auriculata Kuntzee, Bambusa monogyna Blanco, Bambusa sieberi Grisebach Bakal (Bengal); Sunderkania bansa (Orissa), Barak (Assam), Lam Sameibi (Manipur), Mirtinga (Tripura), Vairua (Mizoram), Sunderkania bansa (Odisha), Pachamula (Malayalam) |
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| Melocanna baccifera (Roxb.) Kurz | Bambusa baccifera Roxb., Beesha baccifera (Roxburgh) Kunth , Beesha rheedii Kunth Tarai (Assam); Muli (Bengal); Moubi (Manipuri); Turiah (Nagaland), Muli bans, (Bengal, Tripura, Arunachal pradesh), Moubiwa (Manipuri), Watrai (Meghalaya), Mautak (Mizoram) |
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| Thyrsostachys oliveri Gamble | Thyrsostachys regia (Munro) Bennet Thana-wa (Burmese): Mai-tong,Ura (Burma: Kachin); Phai-ruak-dam (Thailand), Lathi mula (Kerala), Thanawa (Burma), Kanak kaich, Busai, Nusai (Tripura) |
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| Bambusa polymorpha Munro | Bambusa cyanostachya Kurz Arundarbor polymorpha (Mnuro) Kuntze Jama, Betwa (Assam, West Bengal), Betua (Bengal), Bari (Tripura), Narangi bans (Madhya Pradesh) |
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| Bambusa longispiculata Gamble ex Brandis | Bambusa longispiculata Gamble ex Brandis Metenga (Bengal), Tabindaing-wa(Burmese) |
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| Dendrocalamus membranaceus Munro | Dendrocalamus membranaceus f. filmbriligulatus Hsueh & D.Z.Li, Dendrocalamus membranaceus f. pilosus Hsueh & D.Z.Li Huangzhu (chinese), Wa-pyu (Burmese), Mai-nuan (Thai) |
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| Dendrocalamus longispathus Kurz | Bambusa longispathus Kurz Rupai (Tripura), Khang (Bengali) |
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| Dendrocalamus brandisii (Munro) Kurz | Arundarbor brandisii (Munro) Kuntze , Bambusa brandisii Munro , Sinocalamus brandisii (Munro) Keng f. Bulka (Bengal), Wanam (Manipuri), Bilathimula (Malayalam) |
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| Dendrocalamus asper (Schult.) Backer | Arundarbor aspera Rumph. , Arundarbor bifung (Schult.) Kuntze , Arundo aspera (Schult.f.) Oken Sweet bamboo (English), Rough bamboo, Thaitama Bans (Sikkim) |
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| Ochlandra sivagiriana (Gamble) E.G. Camus | Ochlandra rheedii var. sivagiriana Gamble , Ochlandra scriptoria var. Sivagiriana (Gamble) C.E.C.Fisch. |
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| Ochlandra talboti Brandis | |
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| Ochlandra travancorica var hirsuta Gamble | |
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| Pseudoxytenanthera monadelpha (Thwaites) soderstr.& R.P.Ellis | Bambusa monadelpha (Thwaites) O.F. Mull., Dendrocalamus monadelphus Thwaites., Oxytenanthera monadelpha (Thwaites) Alston |
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| Dendrocalamus stocksii (Munro) M.Kumar, Remesh & Unnikrishnan | Pseudoxytenanthera stocksii (Munro) T.Q Nguyen , Gigantochloa stocksii (Munro) T.Q Nguyen Chivari, Mes (maharashtra), Konda (karnataka) |
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| Thyrsostachys oliveri Gamble | |
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| Bambusa multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch. Ex Schult. | Arundarbor multiplex (Lour) Kuntze , Arundarbor nana (Roxb.) Kuntze , Arundo Multiplex Lour. |
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| Bambusa wamin Camus | |
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| Bambusa bambos var. gigantea Bennet and Gaur. | |
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