Cultivation of Bamboos in Pakistan
Cultivation of Bamboos in Pakistan
K. M. Siddiqui
ABSTRACT
The bamboos are perennial gigantic
grasses which are versatile and graceful group
of plants and are of multiple utility. About 14
million hectares of the earth surface is covered
by bamboo forests with 80 percent of their total
area falling in Asia. They are well represented
in all continents except Europe and their
distribution extend from 15° North latitude in
Japan to 47° South latitude in South Argentina
in the areas of Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of
Capricon. The altitudinal range is from just
above the sea level upto 4000 meters. The
natural distribution of bamboos all over the
world follows the distribution of rainfall.
However, temperature also affects it to some
extent. The total number of bamboo species
worldwide is 1250, out of which Asia has 900
species. Almost all countries of Asia have either
natural forests or man-made plantations of
bamboo. In Asia the widespread distribution of
some bamboo species parallel man's past
migration. Bamboo may also have traveled
along the several ancient maritime spice routes
between China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India.
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June 1994
Vol. 44, Iss. 2
