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make it a useful material for the construction industry. Furthermore, it is a drought-resistant species with low rainfall requirements and can reach yields upwards of 100 metric tons per hectare (40 metric tons per acre).
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365:Retrieved: 2007-12-19
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255:Indian subcontinent
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265:Description
110:Commelinids
84:Angiosperms
759:Categories
690:kew-398641
685:Plant List
411:monopodial
387:2016-08-05
317:References
293:B. balcooa
259:Indo-China
150:Bambusinae
146:Subtribe:
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168:Species:
140:Bambuseae
54:Kingdom:
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724:Tropicos
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586:imp01217
460:Wikidata
357:Archived
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416:Bambusa
161:Bambusa
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199:Roxb.
104:Clade
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