make it a very attractive and clean-looking bamboo. Leaves are widely used for fodder. The shoots are bitter and are not eaten. This is one of the most desirable bamboos for many end uses, because of its long straight culms and small branches. It will tolerate dry stony sites quite well, and it is common from the eastern Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. It is easiest to establish this subspecies by the traditional technique. In Zhemgang district a variety known as gren, with thicker walls and some thorny branchlets, is common, and this variety may represent the wild ancestor of cultivated clones in the hills, which are taller and straighter, with smaller branches.
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