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bamboo
See the full Taxonomy of the Bambuseae.
Trivia about bamboo
This tropical grass can shoot up to 130 feet in height
In Asia this hollow-stemmed plant is grown in a form to prebend it for use in furniture
China's dizi is a traditional flute made of this grass
Because they can't digest cellulose, pandas may eat 90 pounds a day of the shoots of this plant
The earliest kites date back around 3,000 years, when the Chinese made them from silk & this tall grass
The shakuhachi, a Japanese flute made of this tall grass, is used as a tool for Buddhist meditation & many types of music
This woody grass has been known to grow 4 feet in 24 hours
Tiffany sells a collection of jewelry made to look like this woody grass consumed by pandas
In Asian cuisine, sprouts are from beans & shoots are usually from this
Like pandas, some lemurs dine primarily on this
Invented in recent years, boobams are percussion instruments often made from this woody grass
Like the giant panda, the gray gentle lemur is known for eating the shoots of this plant
The World Wildlife Fund is working with the Chinese on a detailed survey of pandas & this, their only food
This treelike grass with a woody stem is the favored food of pandas
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Atlanta Zoo) The wristbones of the giant panda are elongated & act as thumbs for holding stalks of this food, its primary diet
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kyoto, Japan.) Among the many utensils used in the ceremony are the Chashaku, or scoop, and the Chasen, or wisk, made from a single piece of this
The Shakuhachi & the Sho are flutes made out of this
The blade of the "shinai", the sword used in kendo, is made of this plant material
Used in kendo, the shinai is a sword made of this plant
(Kelly of the clue crew gives the clue from Ecuador) This typical 1940s house of a campesino, or field worker, is made from this giant grass associated with Asia but an important building material of Ecuador
Acupuncture needles, now steel & as thin as a hair, were once made of the woody stem of this giant grass
Southern or giant cane can reach heights of 20 feet & is a type of this tall grass
It's the tallest of all grasses; one type grows to 120 feet with a stem circumference of 3 feet
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sony Pictures Studios.) Though it looks like a more traditional wood, the flooring here is actually made from what is called the perfect renewable resource, this treelike grass that can grow a foot a day
The woody, jointed stems of these plants in the grass family are called culms
One of the earliest records of Chinese history was written on this tall hollow-stemmed grass
In many Asian countries, the shoots of this very tall grass are eaten as a vegetable
The weapons called shinai which are used in the martial art of kendo are primarily made of this