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Bamboo is a plant that has many benefits. Bamboo is common in Asian countries such as Japan, China, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Bamboo is a type of plant-jointed grasses from the family Poaceae consisting of 70 Genus. Bamboo is a plant that can grow very quickly, some of which can grow to 60 cm in a day.

This plant is widely used by man because it has a strong stem, resilient, straight, flat, easy to cut and shaped into a versatile variety of goods ranging from building materials, furniture, accessories, transportation equipment, musical instruments, and so on.

Bamboo plants can grow in the lowlands to the mountains with an altitude of about 300 meters above sea level. Usually they are found in open areas with no puddles.

Bamboo plants grow in groups. Such as sugar cane, bamboo and books have sections on each side branches will grow much smaller in size and the segment is also growing roots so that they can reproduce themselves of the pieces on each side. Bamboo itself is known as the material is quite durable and can last a long time.

Here are some types of bamboo that grows in Indonesia

• Arundinaria japonica Sieb & Zuc ex Stend found in Java.
• Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Wild. (Pring Ori) in Java and Sulawesi.
• Bambusa atra Lindl. (Loleba) in Maluku.
• Bambusa balcooa Roxb. In Java.
• Bambusa blumeana Bl. ex Schul. f. (Bamboo Duri) in Java, Sulawesi and Lombok.
• Bambusa glaucescens (Wild) Sieb ex Munro. (Bamboo Fence; cendani) in Java.
• Bambusa horsfieldii Munro. (Bamboo Embong) in Java.
• Maculataand Bambusa (Bamboo Tutul; Pring Tutul) in Bali.