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Bambusa lako

Timor Black bamboo

Timor Black is a beautiful glossy black bamboo with dark culms and irregular green striations. This black bamboo plant is a non-invasive variety with short branches that form mid way up the culms and continue to the top, bearing long pendulous green leaves.

Stunning as an ornamental, Timor Black bamboo is perfect for tropical & Asian-inspired gardens or as a striking architectural feature bamboo plant in any modern garden. It also forms an impressive privacy screen or hedge and can be used as a noise, spray or dust barrier. Timor Black bamboo has edible new shoots and its timber is used in the production of musical instruments and other crafts.

Typical uses:

Privacy Screening, Windbreak / Noise Barrier, Ornamental, Furniture / Crafts, Shoots / Food

Bamboo Type

Clumping

Min Temperature

-3°C

Typical Height

10-15m

Average Culm size

8cm

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