Thyrsostachys Oliveri Tissue Culture Bamboo Plant

Local Name

• Kanak kainch(Tripura) 
• Lathi mula ( Kerala)  

Uses

Light flooring, Joinery, Interior firm, Furnitures, Boat building, Toys, Drums and Drawing boards.

Characteristics

• Culm length – 15 - 25 m 
• Culm diameter – 5 cm 
• Internode length – 40-60 cm 
• Wall thickness: Hollow but with thick walls to almost solid in the lower part of culm 

Distribution

Kerala

Cultivation Conditions

• Altitude - Grows well in plains and in hilly tracts up to 1500 m.  
• Soil type - Grows well in Lateritic soils, Black and Red soils but prefers Well drained loamy soils.  

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.