3 bamboo species are in danger of extinction in Viet Nam

3 BAMBOO SPECIES ARE IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION IN VIET NAM

With years of experience in designing, building, decorating bamboo architecture, bamboo furniture,… BambuBuild has the knowlegde of the rare bamboo species in Viet Nam and in the world. Among nearly 200 bamboo species in Vietnam that BambuBuild introduced in the previous article. There are extremely rare and endangered bamboo species. We listed below 3 bamboo species in The Red Book of Vietnam.

Phyllostachys nigra (Black bamboo)

It grows in mountainous area of over 1300m, near the stream, where high humidity. In Viet Nam, Black bamboo grows in Sapa (Lao Cai province).
Black bamboo’s color is dark purple, shiny. Rhizome monopodial growth, average diameter is 1.5cm. It has hollow tube, cylindrycal traight culm, 2 – 4 cm diameter, 6 – 7m high.

Phyllostachys aurea (Fish-pole bamboo)

In Viet Nam, Fish-pole bamboo distributes only in Bac Kan.
This bamboo is 5-13m high, 1.5cm diameter. The distance between internodes is 15 – 30 cm.

Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (Square bamboo)

This bamboo has small square stem or squarish stem. The lower internodes usually have root that turn into short spine.
Square bamboo has rhizome monopodial growth, 3 – 8 m high, 1 – 5cm wide, rough shell. The internodes near the root has aerial root with spiky type.