Latin Name | Common Name | Edibility Rating | Medicinal Rating |
Arundinaria gigantea | Canebrake bamboo, Cane Reed, Giant cane | 3 | 1 |
Bactris gasipaes | Peach Palm, Pupunha | 5 | 2 |
Bambusa bambos | Giant Thorny Bamboo | 3 | 3 |
Bambusa nutans | Nodding Bamboo, Mai bong | 2 | 0 |
Bambusa oldhamii | Ryoku-Chiku, Giant Timber Bamboo, Oldham's Bamboo | 2 | 0 |
Bambusa polymorpha | Burmese bamboo, Jama Betua | 2 | 0 |
Bambusa vulgaris | Common Bamboo | 3 | 2 |
Ensete ventricosum | Ethiopian Banana, Abyssinian banana | 2 | 0 |
Musa acuminata | Dwarf Banana, Edible banana | 5 | 2 |
Musa basjoo | Japanese Banana | 2 | 2 |
Phyllostachys bambusoides | Madake, Japanese timber bamboo | 4 | 1 |
Phyllostachys edulis | Moso-Chiku, Tortoise shell bamboo | 4 | 1 |
Phyllostachys glauca | | 3 | 0 |
Phyllostachys nuda | Nude Sheath Bamboo | 4 | 0 |
Dendrocalamus asper | Giant Bamboo, Dragon bamboo, Sweet bamboo | 4 | 0 |
Dendrocalamus giganteus | Giant Bamboo, Bhalu bans, Dhungre bans | 2 | 1 |
Dendrocalamus latiflorus | Sweet Bamboo, Sweet bamboo shoot, Taiwan giant bamboo | 4 | 0 |
Gigantochloa hasskarliana | Awi Tela | 4 | 0 |
Metroxylon amicarum | Caroline Ivory Nut Palm | 3 | 1 |
Metroxylon sagu | Sago Palm | 4 | 0 |
Musa textilis | Abaca | 0 | 0 |
Thyrsostachys siamensis | Monastery Bamboo | 4 | 0 |
Bambusa blumeana | Spiny Bamboo. Spiny bamboo, Thorny bamboo | 2 | 0 |
Bambusa heterostachya | Malay Dwarf Green | 0 | 0 |
Bambusa tulda | Bengal Bamboo. Spineless Indian bamboo | 2 | 0 |
Cephalostachyum pergracile | Tinwa Bamboo | 3 | 0 |
Dendrocalamus hamiltonii | Tama Bamboo. Tufted bamboo | 3 | 0 |
Dendrocalamus hookeri | Bhalu bans, Bhutan Green Bamboo | 2 | 0 |
Dendrocalamus membranaceus | White bamboo | 3 | 0 |
Dendrocalamus strictus | Male Bamboo. Calcutta Stricta or Bamboo | 3 | 1 |
Eugeissona utilis | Stilt-root Palm. Wild Borneo sago palm | 2 | 0 |
Gigantochloa verticillata | Whorled bamboo, Giant stripy bamboo | 3 | 0 |
Gigantochloa albociliata | Clumping bamboo | 3 | 0 |
Gigantochloa apus | Watho. Tabashir Bamboo | 2 | 0 |
Gigantochloa atroviolacea | Black Bamboo. Giant Black bamboo | 2 | 0 |
Gigantochloa levis | Bulo semilang, Buloh seremai, Bolo | 3 | 2 |
Melocanna baccifera | Berry Bamboo. Mali bamboo | 3 | 2 |
Bambusa atra | Clumping Bamboo. Long pipe bamboo. | 2 | 0 |
Dendrocalamus brandesii | Velvet Leaf Bamboo, Clumping Bamboo | 3 | 0 |
Gigantochloa balui | Clumping Bamboo | 2 | 0 |
Lingnania chungii | Clumping Bamboo, white bamboo, tropical blue bamboo | 0 | 0 |
Arundinaria spp | Running Bamboo | 3 | 1 |
Bambusa pervariabilis | Clumping Bamboo | 3 | 0 |
Bambusa textilis | Clumping Bamboo. Weaver's bamboo | 3 | 0 |
Guadua angustifolia | Clumping Bamboo. Guadua | 0 | 0 |
Ochlandra spp. | Elephant grass, Clumping Bamboo | 0 | 0 |
Schizostachyum spp | Clumping Bamboo | 2 | 3 |