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</p><p><b>bam-BOO-suh</b> -- a name for bamboo; an erroneous pronunciation of the Indian word <i>bambu</i>
<b>BAM-boz</b> -- perhaps, derived from the Indian name <i>bambu</i> for bamboo
<b>a-run-din-uh-KEE-uh</b> or <b>a-run-din-uh-SEE-uh</b> -- like a reed
</p><p><b>commonly known as</b>: giant thorny bamboo, Indian thorny bamboo, male bamboo, spiny bamboo, spring bamboo • <b>Assamese</b>: জাতি-বাঁহ jaati baansh, মোকাল-বাঁহ mokal baansh • <b>Bengali</b>: বাঁশ baansha • <b>Gujarati</b>: બામ્બુ baambu, વાંસ vaans • <b>Hindi</b>: बांस baans, बम्बू bambu, बंस buns • <b>Kannada</b>: ಬಿದಿರು bidiru, ವಂಶ vamsha • <b>Kashmiri</b>: बैँस् bains, बाँस् bons, वंशः vanshah • <b>Konkani</b>: वासो vaaso, वसो vaso, वेलु velu • <b>Malayalam</b>: മുള mula • <b>Manipuri</b>: saneibi • <b>Marathi</b>: बांबू baamboo, कळक kalaka, कळंक kalanka, माणगा maanga, वेळू velu • <b>Nepalese</b>: काँस् kauns • <b>Oriya</b>: bans • <b>Punjabi</b>: ਮਗਰ ਬਾਂਸ  magar baans • <b>Sanskrit</b>: आमुपः amupah, आर्द्रपत्रकः ardrapatrakah, कण्टकः kantakah, कण्टकिलः kantakilah, वम्भः vambhah,  वंशः vamsh • <b>Tamil</b>: குழாய்மூங்கில் kulay-munkil, பெருமூங்கில் peru-munkil • <b>Telugu</b>: బొంగువెదురు bongu-veduru, వంశము vamsamu, వెదురు veduru • <b>Urdu</b>: بانس baans, بمبو bambu, نبس buns
</p><p><b>Native of</b>: China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China; cultivated in tropical Asia
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<b>References</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ayushveda.com/herbs/bambusa-arundinacea.htm">Ayushveda</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Bambusa_arundinacea.html">Purdue University</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bambootech.org/showgallery.asp?catid=5">NMBA</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?403368">NPGS / GRIN</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://envis.frlht.org.in/plant_details.php?disp_id=282">ENVIS - FRLHT</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/">DDSA</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2174732191/">Kulay-munkil (Tamil: குழாய்மூங்கில்)</a>