Bambusa Balcooa Tissue culture bamboo plant

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- Trelồ ô (Vietnam)

- Balku bans (Bengal, India)

- Barak (Tripura, India)

- Boro bans (Duars, India)

- Baluka, Sil borua (Assam, India)

- Wamnah, Beru (Garo, India)

- Handicrafts

- Whole culms in construction

- Edible shoots

- Fodder

- Agricultural implements

- Incense sticks

- Soil erosion control

- Flood control

Additional Applications:

- Strand woven lumber

- Paper pulp

- Laminated bamboo

Commercial Uses:

- Plantations for fibre

- Biofuel production

- Biorefinery

- Charcoal production

- Evergreen, densely tufted bamboo

- Short-necked pachymorph rhizomes

- Culms height: 15 to 30 meters with arching tops

- Mature culms diameter: 8–15 cm

- Wall thickness:

•   Base: 2.7–3.2 mm
•   Middle: 1.2–2.0 mm
•   Top: 0.3–0.7 mm

- Internode lengths:

•   Base: 15.5–35 cm
•   Middle: 38.0–41.0 cm
•   Top: 30.0–36.0 cm

- Prominent nodes

- Strong branching with thorn-like branchlets at lower nodes

Native Range:

• Indo-China: Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam

• Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Assam

Plantation Types:

• B. balcooa is cultivated in various plantation setups, including block, high-density, agroforestry, and strip plantations.

Spacing:

• In areas with low rainfall, the typical spacing is 4x4 meters.

• In high rainfall regions, a spacing of 5x5 meters is common.

• For intercropping, wider spacing such as 7x7 meters or 9x9 meters is usually preferred.

Harvest Maturation:

• This species reaches maturity and is ready for harvesting in 3 to 5 years.

• Temperature Tolerance: B. balcooa thrives in temperatures ranging from -5°C to 20 °C, with the ability to endure up to 30 °C. 

• Precipitation: Prefers areas with rainfall between 2500–5000 mm.

• Altitude Range: Typically found at elevations of 1000–1250 m, but also grows well at lower altitudes and sea level.

Soil:

• Favors heavy-textured soils with good drainage such as alluvial clay, sandy loam, deep, loose, fertile sandy loam, and sandy clay loam.

• Optimal soil pH ranges from 5.11 to 7.5.

Native Habitat

• Growing Regions: Prolific in flat lands and valleys, especially in areas with moderate to high rainfall.

- Widely cultivated globally, B. balcooa is ideal for large-scale plantations due to its easy propagation.

- Provides significant benefits for water conservation and erosion control.

- As a sterile species, it eliminates the risk of gregarious flowering and subsequent population die-off.

- High biomass productivity in optimal conditions offers promising opportunities for carbon trading.

• True to the type 
• High market value & High yield and quality
• High biomass yielding plant
• Energy can be generated
• Throughout the year plantation possible
• Disease free Plants.
• Genetically pure and identical to mother plant.
• Uniform and high yield.
• Mass production at less time and at less cost.
• Season independent.