Dendrocalamus Stocksii Tissue Culture Bamboo Plant

Local Name

• Chivari, Mes (Maharashtra), Konda (Karnataka) 
• Oyi ( Kerala)  

Uses

Making Furnitures, Banana stakes, Walking sticks, Edible shoots, Roofing for huts.

Characteristics

• Culm length – 10 m 
• Culm diameter – 2.5 – 4 cm 
• Internode length – 15 – 30 cm 
• Wall thickness – Solid clumps except at the internodes 

Distribution

Coastal areas of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, and Northern Kerala   

Cultivation Conditions

• Altitude - Grows well in plains and in hilly tracts up to 1200m.  
• Soil type - Lateritic soils, Black and Red soils.  

Climatic Conditions

It prefers a tropical humid climate.  

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.