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Bamboo Plants
In the world of plants, Bamboo is certainly one of the most useful to mankind. Unlike trees, bamboo grows at an astonishing rate of up to 2 inches per hour. This makes it the world’s fastest growing plant.
Even though their height can be enormous, they are not part of the tree family species. In fact, they are evergreen grasses. These grasses fall into 91 different genera, with over 1,000 species currently known. All these different types of bamboo are used for a variety of useful purposes and they are cultivated due to this fact.
In several eastern countries, such as, India, China and Japan, bamboo is highly valuable. Bamboo plants are cultivated as a resource of food, wood and even fuel, all of these combined help to increase it’s resourcefulness to the needs of societies abroad. Bamboo, when properly treated, can be extremely durable and long lasting, it provides an easy solution to many problems.
One of which, is that it is cultivated has a highly desirable wood product. Bamboo can create massive, stable scaffoldings, provide a base wood over slower growing trees, and provide ornamental value to both the interior and exterior of homes. Other uses of bamboo wood include tools such as durable cutting boards, chop sticks, tables and other pieces of furniture as well as, kitchen or household accessories.
They are several species in the bamboo family that provide us with a food source. It is important to note, that not all species of bamboo shoots can be ingested. The giant bamboo, as an example, contains cyanide within the shoots. This is important to know, because cyanide is highly lethal to people.
In the animal kingdom, several survive with the help of bamboo plants. The giant panda has a strict diet consisting only of bamboo leaves and stalks.
Bamboo is one of the most valuable resources we have today, however, there have been some challenges to cultivating it. The bamboo plant, for reasons yet proven by science, tend to have mass flowering and fruiting seasons. This is most notable in the Bay of Bengal, where the bamboo plants bloom once every 30 to 35 years. This mass blooming and fruiting cases severe consequences to human populations nearby. As the fruit falls to the ground, rats swarm. In many cases these rats are known to carry diseases that are very harmful to humans. This can lead to many human deaths, as there is little that can be done to stop the spread of disease once it has begun. With the increased technology of today’s society, solutions to the infestation and disease problems are being addressed, in a manner that will preserve the bamboo plant during its fruiting season.
Because of its versatility, bamboo is grown and harvested in many different regions throughout the world. Some of the main bamboo resources are cultivated in East Asia, South America and in some African regions. Many people only think of Bamboo in it’s relation to the panda bears, however, bamboo also offers many other valuable resources for human consumers, ranging from top quality building materials to a unique food source.
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