BAMBUSA GLAUCESCENS 
Bambusa — -from .Malay ora South Indian language ; glaucescens, from 
Latin, “becoming bluish grey” of the leaves. 
Family: Gramineae. 
Country of origin : China, japan. 
Colour : 
green leaves, canes tending to 
yellow. 
•Garden use: 
hedges, but slow to establish. 
Can also be used as a single 
plant. 
Propagation : 
division. 
A, growing point of a new culm. 
This species is perhaps more commonly, but 
incorrectly, known as /Jamhusu nana . 
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