Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_bambusa_tulda
Bengal Bamboo
Bambusa tulda
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About Bengal Bamboo
Bengal Bamboo (Bambusa tulda) is a post-contact introduced woody bamboo documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts the species as native from the Indian subcontinent through Yunnan and Indo-China, primarily in the wet tropical biome. The Kauaʻi evidence is confined to a 2018 NTBG living collection and does not establish escape or naturalization.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Bambusa tulda
- Common names
- Bengal Bamboo
- Other names
- Bambusa tulda · Bengal Bamboo · Indian timber bamboo
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Current extent is unassessed; public locality is island level only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Arborescent woody grass (clumping bamboo)
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Bengal Bamboo (Bambusa tulda) is a post-contact introduced woody bamboo documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts the species as native from the Indian subcontinent through Yunnan and Indo-China, primarily in the wet tropical biome. The Kauaʻi evidence is confined to a 2018 NTBG living collection and does not establish escape or naturalization.