Bambusa bambos | Dava Bazaar in India

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Bambusa bambos

Scientific Name and Description

Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss

Herb Family

Poaceae

Plant type

Grass

Plant Synonyms

Bambusa bambos DRUCE

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Hindi	Bans, bams, bans, bans-kapur, bans-lochan, kanta bans, kanta-baus, kantabams, kantabans, katang, kattang, magar, magar (cultivated), magarbans, maggar, malbans, nari, vnahada, vnahado
Marathi	Bans,bamboo, chivari, kalak, kallak, kallk, kantis, mandga, mandgay, nagotbelu, velu
Bengali	Bansh
Tamil	Mooungil, amai, amal, ambal, ambu, amettiyamaram, ampal, ampal, ari, ari, aril, aril, arilamaram, arttirapattirakam, bongu, canaki, canaki, canakimaram, cananki, canti, cantil, cantilatakam, cantilatakamaram, capakam, capakamaram, capatam, catilaki, catilakimaram, catilam, cey, cilai, cinai, cinaimaram, cittamatitam, cittamatitamaram, cokkali cokkali, cokkali, cokkalimaram, cupai, ikuci, ikucimaran, ikucu, iraivarai, irucu, irulai, itcu, iyavapalam, kalai, kalai kampu, kalay, kalikkol, kamatam, kambul, kampuri, kan, kanai, kani, kantaki, kanu, kappu, karmukam, ketai, kicakam, kicatarukam, kicatarukamaram, kilai, kilaimaram, kisagam, kitam, kulaymunkil, kuluaimungil, kunippu, kunippumaram, macukkamaram, macukkaram, mangal, masukkaram, miruttiyupuspantayam, miruttucam, miruttuvicam, miruttuvikam, miruttuvikamaram, mirutuvikam, moonghil oopoo, moongil, moongilarisi, moongiluppu, mulai, mullumungil, mullumunkil, mulmunkil, mungi-luppu, mungil, mungkil, munkil, munkililai, munnul, muntul, muntulakam, muntulamaram, mutankal, natimunkil, nattumunkil, nemi, nemj, nettil, nettu, nettumaram, nulampannai, nulappannai, onkal, onkuvari, onkuvarimaram, paciki, pacu, pacukimaram, painkalaimaram, painkatai, palantam, palcanti, pallunkam, panai, panai, pannai, pannaimaram, paracu, patiram , patiri, patiri , penmunkil, periya mungil, perumungil, peruvaraimungil, pol, punai#, punai, punaivi, punaivimaram, punmaram 2, purakkal, putpakarikam, putpakaritamaram, putpakatakam, putpakatam, putpapakatam, tanitturumam, tantu3, tantulam3, tantulamaram, tanuttirumam, tanuttirumaram, tanutturumam, tanuvirutcam, tattai, tecaki, tecakimaram, tecanam, tecanamaram, tecaram, tikiri, tiranattuvacam, tiritakantam, tirrunaketu, tirukantam, tirunaketumaram, tirutakantam, tirutakantam, tirutakantam, tirutakantamaram, tirutakkantam, tirutakkiranti, tol, tulai, tumpu, tumpuru, tumpurumaram, tunai, tupam, tuppu, tutaikkanam, tutaikkanamaram, tutanam, tutanikam, tutanikamaram, tuttanmaram, tuvaccicaram, tuvakkucaram, vamicam, vampal, vampalmaram, vanacam , vancam, vaniti, vanitimaram, vankiyam, vannikaruppam, vel, velam, velati, velatimaram, venu, veral, veralmaram, veti, vetiri, vetirkamaram, vey, veyal, veyalamaram, veyil, veymaram, vinpakal, vinpari, vinparimaram, vintil, vintu, virukattiranam, viruttiram, viruttirunam, visnutanti, vittunukiranti , yavapalam
Telugu	Veduru, bonga, bongu, bongu veduru, bonguveduru, kichakamu, madusuveduru, maskaramu, moolkasha, mudusu veduru, mudusuveduru, mulla veduru, mullu veduru, mulluveduru, pentivedaru, pentiveduru, pottuvaeduru, trinadhvajamu, vederuppu, veduru, vedurubeam, veduruppu
English	male or spiny bamboo
Kannada	ande bidiru, andebidarus, andebidiru, bambu, bedru, bidaru, bidaruppu, bidirina mele, bidirna gala, bidiru, bidirumale, bidru, bidungulu, biduru, bombu, davage, dhattai, dongi, elubidiru, gala, gale, galu, gatte, hebbedru, hebbidaru, hebbidiru, hebbidru, hebbiduru, hennu bidiru, hennubidiru, hennubidru, hobbedru, hobbidiru, kalale, kaneera, karira, kirubidiru, tavakshira, vamshalochana
Malayalam	illi, ily, kampu, kaniyaram, karmmaram, llli, mola, mole-uppa, moola, moolah, moongil, mula, mulla, mullmoollah, mulmula, mulmulam, mungil, pattil, tejanam, trinadhvajan, trynadhvajam, valiyamula, velliamolla, venu
Sanskrit	a, bahupallava, bansalochana, brihattrina, dhanurdruma, dhatushya, dridhagranthi, dridhakanda, dridhapatra, duraruha, kamatha, kantaki, kantalu, karmmar vamsavidala, kicaka, kichaka, kilati, kishkuparva, kushirandhra, mahabala, maskara, mrityubija, navagragandha, phalantaka, purvayoni, pushpaghataka, sataparva, shataparva, shatpadalaya, suparva, suparvan, tajana, tavakshiri, tejana, trinadhvaja, trinadwajab, trinaketu, trinaketuka, trnadhvaja, tugakshiri, tvachisara, tvakasara, tvaksara, twak-kshira, vadaniya, vaishnavi, vamnsa-lavanum, vamsa, vamsah, vamsaja, vamsalekhana, vamsalocana, vamsavalekha, vamsavalekhana, vamsha, vansa, vansha, vanya, venu, venuh, venulavanam, yavaphala, yavavenu
Urdu	bamslochan, bans, bans ki jar ka koila, bansa, bansalochan, banslochan, banslochan charcoal, banslochan saida, bikh nay sokhta, tabasheer, tabashir
common name	Indian bamboo,giant thorny bamboo, Indian thorny bamboo, spiny bamboo, thorny bamboo

Plants Medicinal Value

Herb usable parts

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss Grass Whole plant Post labor pains; nervous disorder; rheumatism; cuts; tuberculosis; wasting diseases; non medicinal purposes; abnormal mensturation; bone setting; anaemia; to clear uterus after child birth; Wound healing; abortifacient; skin disorders; obesity; ulcers General; pregnant women; women Ayyanar 2013, Latheef et al. 2014, Ragupathy and Newmaster 2009