Bambusetum

Bambusetum

The KFRI Bamboosetum was established during 1988-95 as part of the IDRC Bamboo project at the FRC campus Veluppadam. Seventy-two different species of bamboo are present in the Bambusetum. Of these, 55 species are in the Field Research Centre, Velupadam, and the remaining eight species are at a high-elevation site in Devikulam.

Valuable information on clump development, culm production and growth parameters like culm length, culm girth, etc., are being gathered, computed and analysed for the productivity of these valuable Bamboos. The effect of management practices like weeding, soil working, selective cutting, etc., on the production potential of each of these species is being closely monitored.

The KFRI-Bambusetum aims to have an exhaustive collection of Sympodial bamboo that can be grown in a typical agro-climatic zone and to gather invaluable scientific information on bamboo growth in the state. The Bamboosetum also serves as a genetic resource for future crop improvement programmes and forest managers and farmers.

The Bamboo species at Field Research centre, Veluppadam are Arundinaria griffithiana, Bambusa affinis, Bambusa albociliata, Bambusa albostriata, Bambusa balcooa, Bambusa bambos, Bambusa bambos var. gigantean, Bambusa blumeanas, Bambusa dissimilator, Bambusa glaucesence, Bambusa longispiculata, Bambusa membranacus, Bambusa multiplex, Bambusa multiplex (yellow), Bambusa nana, Bambusa nutans, Bambusa oldhami, Bambusa pellida, Bambusa polymorpha, Bambusa textiles, Bambusa tulda, Bambusa vulgaris, Bambusa vulgaris var. striata, Bambusa vulgaris var. wamin, Cephalostachyum fussianum, Cephalostachyum pergracile, Dendrocalamus asper, Dendrocalamus brandisii, Dendrocalamus giganteus, Dendrocalamus hamiltonii, Dendrocalamus longispathus, Dendrocalamus sikkimensis, Dendrocalamus strictus, Dinochloa machlandii, Gauda angustifolia, Gigantochloa atrovialacea, Gigantochloa attar, Gigantochloa macrostachya, Gigantochloa mangong, Melocanna bacciferea, Ochlandra ebrateata, Ochlandra scriptoria, Ochlandra talbotii, Ochlandra travancorica, Ochlandra wightii, Oxytenanthera abyssinica, Oxytenanthera albociliata, Oxytenanthera species, Pseudoxytenanthera bourdilonii, Pseudoxytenanthera stocksii, Pseudoxytenanthera ritcheyi, hyrsostaschys oliveri, Thyrsostaschys siamensis, Tienostachyum attenuatum, Tienostachyum dulloa.

The Bamboo species at the high elevation site at Devikulam are Phyllostachys bambusoides, Phyllostachys assamica, Phyllostchys sulphurea, Phyllostchys pubescence, Phyllostchys reticulata, Phyllostchys sps, Phyllostchys sps, Phyllostchys sps, Unidentified.