Guadua sarcocarpa

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Guadua sarcocarpa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Guadua
Species:
G. sarcocarpa
Binomial name
Guadua sarcocarpa

Guadua sarcocarpa, also known as the fleshy fruit guadua, is a species of clumping bamboo found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. [2]

This bamboo is used for construction, ladders, fences, and digging sticks. [2]

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References

  1. "Guadua sarcocarpa". Tropicos. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 Grandtner, N.M.; Julien Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 271. ISBN   978-0-12-396954-5. Archived from the original on 2017-03-24.