BAMBOO IN KERALA
Bamboo in homesteads of Kerala
The estimated numbers of culms is 13.61 million
The weight of the total culms is 0.331 million tonnes
The major species available in homesteads are
Bambusa bambos, Bambusa vulgaris,
Dendrocalamus strictus, Ochlandra (reed),
Thyrsostachys oliveri and Pseudoxytenanthera
stocksii
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| BAMBOO – in Kerala homesteads |
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| Species - wise total number of culms and green weight |
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Bb |
Bv |
Ds |
To |
Reed |
Ps |
Total |
No. of culms |
13003843
(95.50) |
303835
(2.23) |
16000
(0.11) |
98440
(0.72) |
188434
(1.38) |
8360
(0.06) |
13618912
(100) |
Weight
(tonnes) |
326736 |
3767 |
405 |
486 |
262 |
46 |
331702 |
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(Bb) Bambusa bambos, (Bv) Bambusa vulgaris,
(Ds) Dendrocalamus strictus, (To) Thyrsostachys oliveri, (Ps) Pseudoxytenanthera stocksii |
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BAMBOO – in Kerala forests |
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| Stock of Bamboo in different regions
of forests in Kerala |
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Circle |
Total area
(km2) |
Bamboo stock
(Dry)(Tonnes) |
Yrly availability
(Tonnes) |
Per cent |
Northern region |
1,522. 74 |
807,151.00 |
67,262.59 |
30.68 |
Olavakode region |
2,230. 98 |
895,130.80 |
74,594.25 |
34.03 |
Central region |
1,723. 79 |
234,205.70 |
19,517.15 |
8.91 |
High range region |
2,820. 51 |
122,726.80 |
10,227.23 |
4.66 |
Southern region |
2,828. 44 |
571,232.00 |
47,602.67 |
21.72 |
Total |
11,126.46 |
2,630,446.3 |
219,203.89 |
100.00 |
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