The Provincial Bamboo Park is located at Barangay Hanawan, Ocampo, Camarines Sur. It is 13 hectares wide with 1 kilometer trail traversing the farm. At present, the farm is home to 15 different bamboo species. The farm continuously collects and produces different indigenous species. When the produced seedlings are already in plantable sizes, these are released and planted in rehabilitation areas around the province under the El Verde Program.
Bamboo Species
BLACK BAMBOO
Phyllustachys nigra (Lodd) Munro
Other name: kuro-chiku (Japan)
Uses: Internally used in treatment of fever, vomiting & nosebleeds. The juice of the stem is antipyretic, antitussive, expectorant and a sedative.
Culms are used in making furnitures, musical instruments and
handicrafts and as an ornamental.
handicrafts and as an ornamental.
BUDDHA BELLY
Bambusa ventricosa McClure
Bambusa ventricosa McClure
Uses: Commonly used as ornamental (used as vertical line element in the garden). Known to be the bamboo-of-the-highest calling.
DWARF BAMBOO
Arundinaria pygmaea (Miq.) Mitf
Other name:pygmy bamboo (English), ke-oroshima–chiku (Japanese)
Uses: A. pygmaea is an aggressive running ground cover. It is also good for holding soil and controlling erosion.
YELLOW BUHO
Schizostachyum brachycladum Kurz
Other names: buhong dilaw (Philippines); phai por (Thailand); buluh lemang (Indonesia); buloh lemang (Malaysia)
Uses: Cultivated for ornamental purposes.
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KAWAYANG KILING (green)
Bambusa vulgaris Schrad.
Other name: bamboo ampel (Indonesia); buloh kuning (Peninsular Malaysia); kawayang kiling (Philippines); wanet (Myanmar); phai luang (Thailand)
Uses: It it used in making boats for masts, rudders, outriggers and boating poles and for fencing.
KAWAYANG DILAW
Bambusa vulgaris Schrad ex Wendl var. striata (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Gamble
Other name: green stripe bamboo, golden/yellow bamboo (English)
Uses: Yellow bamboo is cultivated as an ornamental. Also used for fine handicrafts, pipes for small irrigation and for basketry. Its shoots can be eaten.
BAYOG
Dendrocolomus merrf llfanus (Elm.) Elm.
Other name: bayog (Ibanag, Iloko, Sambali,Tagalog), bayugin (Tagalog), botong (Bisaya, Bicol); butong (Panay,Bisaya); kawayan bayog (Pangasinan)
Uses:
The culms of bayog are used in building construction and furniture and in vehicle shafts or arched poles fitted to the neck of a carabao. The green culms are split and made into ropes. The culms of bayog are also suitable for pulp and paper making.
KAWAYANG TINIK
Bambusa blumeana J.A. and J.H. Schultes
Other name: spiny or thorny bamboo (English); kawayan tinik (Tagalog); marugi (Bikol); phai sisuk (Thailand); fre gai (Vietnam); bambu duri (Indonesia)
Uses:
Young shoots are eaten as a vegetable. The culms are used for construction, basketry, furniture, parquet, concrete reinforcements, chopsticks, hats and toys. It is planted along river banks to prevent soil erosion. Also as windbreaker and fences in farm area.
GIANT BAMBOO
Dendrocalamus giganteus Munro
Other name: giant bamboo (English); bambu betung (Indonesia); buloh betong (Malaysia); Phai-tong (Thailand); Mah tong (Vietnam)
Uses: The culms are used as building material for houses and bridges. The young shoots can be eaten as a vegetable.
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Shiroshima-inyo (Japan)
Hibanobambusa tranquillans f. Shiroshima H. Okamura
Use: Ornamental.
Variegated dwarf bamboo
Arundinaria argenteostriata (Regel) Ohwi
Uses: Cultivated/planted for ornamental purposes. Also as ground cover to prevent soil erosion.
RUNNING BAMBOO
Dinochloa dielsiana Pilger
Uses: A decoction of the rhizomes makes a refreshing beverage
Schizostachyum lumampao (Blanco) Merrill
Other name: Daso (Bikol)
Uses: The culm is used in making bamboo matting known as “sawali” materials for housing in rural areas. Also commonly used to weave baskets, make fences, spears, fishpens, flutes, handicrafts, construction, plyboo panels and paper pulp.
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References:
Useful Tropical Plants Database (2022)
Retrieved from https://tropical.theferns.info
Pelser, P.B., J.F. Barcelona & D.L. Nickrent (eds.). (2011-onwards) Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines. Retrieved from https://www.philippineplants.org
Roxas, C. A. 2012. Handbook on Erect Bamboo Species Found in the Philippines. Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, College, Laguna
