Guadua

Guadua angustifolia

Guadua is the richest and most important bamboo species in Central and South America.

Dissemination

The genus is native to the tropics of Latin America ( Neotropics ), from Brazil to the south in Mexico. Its main distribution area are low altitudes below 1500 m to the Amazon and the Orinoco. Some species are but up to altitudes of 2500 m found. The most widespread is Guadua angustifolia, a species of bamboo, which is also used economically, especially in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.

Description

Guadua species form clumps and no runners. It is the largest occurring in America bamboos.

Use

Culms of Guadua be used particularly in Colombia and Ecuador as a building material for houses, furniture and bridges.

Types (selection)

The genus consists of 34 species Guadua.

• Guadua aculeata Rupr. ex E.Fourn.
• Guadua amplexifolia J.Presl
• Guadua angustifolia Kunth ( Guadua bamboo)
• Guadua calderoniana Londoño & judz.
• Guadua capitata ( Trin. ) Munro
• Guadua chacoensis ( Rojas ) Londoño & P.M.Peterson
• Guadua ciliata Londoño & Davidse
• Guadua dioica Steud.
• Guadua distorta ( Nees ) Rupr.
• Guadua exaltata Doell
• Guadua fascicularis Doell
• Guadua flabellata E.Fourn.
• Guadua glaziovii ( Hack. ) E.G.Camus
• Guadua glomerata ( Munro )
• Guadua inermis Rupr. ex E.Fourn.
• Guadua intermedia Rupr. ex E.Fourn.
• Guadua paraguayana Doell
• Guadua perligulata Pilg.
• Guadua sarcocarpa Londoño & PMPeterson ( with edible sprouts )
• Guadua tagoara Nees ex Rupr.
• Guadua tessmanii Pilg.
• Guadua tomentosa hack. & Lindm.
• Guadua trinii ( Nees ) Nees ex Rupr.
• Guadua uncinata Londoño & L.G.Clark
• Guadua velutina Londoño & L.G.Clark
• Guadua venezuelae Munro
• Guadua virgata ( Trin. ) Rupr.
• Guadua weberbaueri Pilg.