Bamboo plants are among the world's most useful and versatile plant. Unlike trees, bamboo grows at an amazing rate of up to 2 inches per hour. This makes it the world's quickest growing plant. There are several instances, the bamboo plant can grow up to 4 meters in a day.
Unlike many would believe, bamboo plants are not trees. In fact, they are evergreen grasses. These grasses are divided into 91 unique genera, with over 1,000 species currently known. As different species can be used for different things, this variety works to ensure the lasting survival of this plant.
This amazing growing rate makes bamboo plants priceless in eastern regions such as India, China and Japan. As the bamboo plants can be used as food, wood and fuel, the fast growing rate makes this renewable resource a cornerstone of those societies. As bamboo, when properly treated, can be extremely durable and long lasting, it provides an easy solution to many problems.
One of the well known uses of bamboo plants is their cultivation as wood. In construction, bamboo can create imposing, secure scaffoldings, provide a base wood over slower growing trees, and provide ornamental value to both the interior and exterior of a house. Other uses of bamboo material include tools such as durable cutting boards, chop sticks, tables and other pieces of furniture as well as pieces for well known games such as go.
When bamboo plants are young, the shoots can be consumed from many different varieties. However, not all types of bamboo shoots should be consumed. For instance, the giant bamboo contains cyanide within the shoots. Cyanide can be lethal to people.
Many types of animals survive by eating bamboo. Most notably is the panda, which only consumes bamboo stalks and leaves.
Even with all of modern uses of bamboo, bamboo plants do not come without problems. Still unknown why, bamboo plants, tend to have mass blooming and fruiting seasons. This is most notable in the Bay of Bengal, where the bamboo plants bloom once every 30 to 35 years. This mass blooming and fruiting cases dire consequences to human populations surrounding the bloom. As the fruit falls to the ground, rats swarm. As the rats swarm, they carry disease with them and cause famine. This can lead to many human deaths, as there is little that can be done to stop the fruiting once it has begun. There is not much that can be done, as~As the bamboo populations require the fruiting season for survival, they cannot be simply destroyed to prevent the rat swarms.
Bamboo is a flexible plant and can thrive in many areas across the globe. They are most commonly found in East Asia, although they can grow in sub-Saharan Africa, North and South America. Bamboo does not survive in Europe, North Africa, western Asia, Canada and Antarctica.
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