India is considered as one of the largest reserves of Bamboos in the world. (Naithani, 2008) reveal 20 genera with their 115 species of Bamboo in India. Found in the forests of almost all the states except in Kashmir valley. Constitutes around 12.8 percent of the total area of forest cover in country. North Eastern regions has over 50% of the total species occurring in India.

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Characteristic Features of Bamboo: General Botany and Physiology by Rabish Chandra