Bambusa Nutans Tissue Culture Bamboo Plant

Local Name

• Mokal/Mallo/Kali (Arunachal Pradesh)
• Deobanh/Jatie makal (Assam)
• Utang (Manipur)
• Mal Bans (Sikkim)
• Rungazumi (Nagaland)

Uses

Building material for Houses, Bridges, Fishing floats, Scaffolding, Rickshaw hoods, Baskets, Woven mats, Construction and Furniture.

Characteristics

• Culm length – upto 20 m 
• Culm diameter – 5-10cm
• Internode length – 25 - 55 cm
• Wall thickness – long and thick walled

Distribution

It is an exotic species cultivated in the Northeastern states as the shoots are the edible form of food. It can also be grown in south Indian states of Kerala, and parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.  

Cultivation Conditions

• Altitude - Grows well in plains and in hilly tracts up to 1500 m altitude. 
• Soil type - Grows in a wide range of soil types but maximum productivity prefers gravelly loam or sandy fertile soil

Advantages of Tissue Culture Plants

• True to the type 
• High market value & High yield and quality
• High biomass yielding plant
• Energy can be generated
• Throughout the year plantation possible
• Disease free Plants.
• Genetically pure and identical to mother plant.
• Uniform and high yield.
• Mass production at less time and at less cost.
• Season independent.