Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_bambusa_tuldoides
Punting-pole Bamboo
Bambusa tuldoides
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About Punting-pole Bamboo
Punting-pole Bamboo (Bambusa tuldoides) is a post-contact introduced woody bamboo documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts the species as native from southern China to Peninsular Malaysia and primarily wet-tropical. The Kauaʻi record is a 2018 NTBG cultivated accession; this evidence does not show 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 tuldoides
- Common names
- Punting-pole Bamboo
- Other names
- Bambusa tuldoides · Punting-pole Bamboo · Verdant 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
- Punting-pole Bamboo (Bambusa tuldoides) is a post-contact introduced woody bamboo documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts the species as native from southern China to Peninsular Malaysia and primarily wet-tropical. The Kauaʻi record is a 2018 NTBG cultivated accession; this evidence does not show naturalization.