a b c Ayer, Santosh; Timilsina, Sachin; Aryal, Anisha; Acharya, Amul Kumar; Neupane, Asmit; Bhatta, Kishor Prasad (1 August 2023). "Bamboo forests in Nepal: Status, distribution, research trends and contribution to local livelihoods". Advances in Bamboo Science. 4: 100027. doi: 10.1016/j.bamboo.2023.100027. ISSN 2773-1391. S2CID 259134632. Brauen, M. Bamboo in Old Japan: Art and Culture on the Threshold to Modernity. The Hans Sporry Collection in the Ethnographic Museum of Zurich University. Arnoldsche Art Publishers: Stuttgart Yang, Wang Ting (September 2021). "Qualitative and quantitative characterization of nutrient content and morphology in seeds of bamboo, rice, and wheat". Journal of Cereal Science. 101: 103273. doi: 10.1016/j.jcs.2021.103273– via Elsevier Science Direct. It really is a shame because bamboo has been proven the world over as a viable building material. Especially in the tropical parts of the United States, such as Hawai’i and Florida, bamboo should be allowed to be used as a building material. Until then, bamboo will not be able to showcase its truest potential. Several Asian cultures, including that of the Andaman Islands, believe humanity emerged from a bamboo stem.

George IV bolstered this reputation when he incorporated a host of bamboo and faux-bamboo furnishings into his ornate and spectacular Brighton Pavillion in 1815 whilst still Prince Regent. Bamboo grows mainly in Asia, although you can also find it in Australia as well as Central and South America. No one really knows where the name comes from, but the best guess is that it is a Dutch or Portuguese version of a word used in Malaysia or India. There are records of people growing and using bamboo for tools, musical instruments and building materials in China as early as 7,000 years ago.

3. Compost

The Baodun bamboo house evidence lies in the heart of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River on the Chengdu Plain, which is also considered to be “the birthplace of rice cultivation” in China.

When Sherman returned to America in the 1940s, his father Al, a Tin Pan Alley songwriter who had written hits for Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong, challenged Robert and his brother Richard to try to earn a living writing songs. They became two of the most famous composers in Hollywood, winning two Oscars for Mary Poppins. Bamboo Outdoor Furniture – As well as indoor furniture, you can find a lot of vintage bamboo patio furniture. It adds a natural look that acts like an extension of your garden. When tied together with jute, bamboo canes make excellent supports for climbing annuals such as sweet peas, peas, and beans. 'The best time to harvest bamboo canes for use as plant stakes is when they are at least two years old and have started to harden,' says John. He suggests dipping them into a wood preservative to a depth of 12in before use, to reduce the risk of them rotting in the soil. Bamboo is not only a symbol of a gentleman, but also plays an important role in Buddhism, which was introduced into China in the first century. As canons of Buddhism forbids cruelty to animals, flesh and egg were not allowed in the diet. The tender bamboo shoot ( sǔn 筍 in Chinese) thus became a nutritious alternative. Preparation methods developed over thousands of years have come to be incorporated into Asian cuisines, especially for monks. A Buddhist monk, Zan Ning, wrote a manual of the bamboo shoot called Sǔn Pǔ ( 筍譜) offering descriptions and recipes for many kinds of bamboo shoots. [107] Bamboo shoot has always been a traditional dish on the Chinese dinner table, especially in southern China.Annual cycle: Most all growth of new bamboo occurs during the wet season and disturbing the clump during this phase will potentially damage the upcoming crop, while harvesting immediately prior to the wet/growth season may also damage new shoots, therefore harvesting is best a few months prior to the start of the wet season. [61] Also during this high-rainfall period, sap levels are at their highest, and then diminish towards the dry season. [62] Speaking of the garden, your bamboo toothbrush can be used as a nail brush if you often get dirt under your nails — just make sure to keep this one separate from your cleaning brushes! 5. Stain Remover a b "Fastest growing plant". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014 . Retrieved 22 August 2014.

Bamboo: A Multipurpose Agroforestry Crop". Small Farmer's Journal. 21 July 2016 . Retrieved 30 July 2020. Huxley, Anthony; Griffiths, Mark; Levy, Margot, eds. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-47494-5.

Bamboo is used for crafting the bows, called yumi, and arrows used in the Japanese martial art kyūdō. Kumar, Raushan; Thangaraju, Mohan Manu; Kumar, Manoj; Thul, Sanjog Tarachand; Pandey, Vimal Chandra; Yadav, Swati; Singh, Lal; Kumar, Sunil (1 July 2021). "Ecological restoration of coal fly ash–dumped area through bamboo plantation". Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28 (25): 33416–33432. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-12995-7. ISSN 1614-7499. PMID 33641101. S2CID 232067180. Canavan, Susan; Richardson, David M.; Visser, Vernon; Roux, Johannes J. Le; Vorontsova, Maria S.; Wilson, John R. U. (23 December 2016). "The global distribution of bamboos: assessing correlates of introduction and invasion". AoB Plants. 9 (1): plw078. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plw078. ISSN 2041-2851. PMC 5499700. PMID 28013249. There were reportedly six different versions of the iconic “phantasmagorical machine” – the car with the power to fly and to swim – driven by Van Dyke in the film. The cars, designed by Ken Adam, were automatic, because the actor could not drive a manual car. It had a dashboard plate from a First World War fighter plane and the colours of the floating Chitty – purple, green and white – were those of the women’s suffrage movement.