Buho PRODUCT NAME
Schizostachyum lumampao (Blanco) Merr. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Buho |
| Local Name: | Cana-bojo (Spanish-Filipino); Bolo, Buho, Lumampau, Bokaui, Kauayan-songsong (Tagalog). Bagakan, Bagakai (Bisaya); Bulu, Bolo, (Bisaya, Iloko); Oras (Bicol). |
| Family: | Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Bambusoideae tribe: Bambuseae. |
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| Product Description: | a thin walled, erect, gregarious bamboo usually reaching a height of about 10m, and often nearly exclusively occupying considerable areas |
| NTFP Classification: | Crafts and furniture making, Other commercial and industrial uses |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | This species is endemic and widely scattered in the Philippines |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | trunk |
| Uses: | The thin-walled chiefly utilized in making the building matting known as sawale. It is also used for making baskets, fences, fish corrals, fish poles, flutes, and for many other purposes |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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| External Links: | http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?33247 |
