BAMBUSA TULDA TISSUE CULTURE BAMBOO PLANT

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• Jati (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, West Bengal)
• Wati, Owati (Meghalaya)
• Mirtinga (Tripura)
• Rawthing (Mizoram)
• Paoshiding (Sikkim)
• Deobans (Behar)
• Longmeii (Nagaland)
• Koraincho bans (Sikkim)

Conventional Applications:

• Handicrafts and basketry

• Whole culms utilized in construction

• Edible shoots

• Incense sticks

• Furniture, mats, and baskets

• Fishing rods and flutes

Commercial Applications:

• Laminated bamboo products

• Strand woven boards

• Paper pulp production

Future Prospects:

• Bioenergy and biorefinery applications

• Opportunities for carbon trading

- Evergreen, clumping bamboo

- Short-necked pachymorph rhizomes

- Erect culms with drooping tops

- Zig-zag pattern at lower nodes

- Culms height: up to 30 meters

- Culms diameter: up to 10 cm

- Wall thickness: 7–15 cm (varies by location)

- Internode length: 30–60 cm

Native Range:

• Extends from Southeast Asia to China (Yunnan) and the Himalayas.

• Indian Subcontinent: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya, and India.

• China: South-Central China and Tibet.

• Indo-China: Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Types of Plantations:

• Commonly grown in block plantations and agroforestry systems.

Spacing:

• Typically planted with spacing of 5x5 meters or 4x4 meters.

Time to Maturity:

• Reaches maturity in 3 to 4 years.

Climate:

• B. tulda thrives in regions with temperatures ranging from 4°C to 34°C.

• Requires annual rainfall between 1246 mm and 1400 mm, and can flourish in areas receiving up to 4000–6500 mm of precipitation.

• Grows optimally at elevations between 600 and 1500 meters.

Soil:

• Prefers fine-textured, moist alluvial soils, particularly in regions with substantial rainfall such as semi-evergreen forests.

• Also favors flat alluvial deposits for optimal growth.

• 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.