Interesting!!
Tanay
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary <[email protected]
> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Dendrocalamus giganteus Wall. ex Munro for you.
>
> Localty: Tuting (Indo-China border), Upper Siang district, Arunachal
> Pradesh (ca 700m)
>
> Date: Nov. 2006.
>
> Uses: A multipurpose bamboo for the local communities of Arunachal Pradesh.
> They are primarily used to make houses but the young shoots are also eaten
> with choice. Here you can see a couple (belonging to Adi tribe) preparing
> pickles from the young shoots. Other species are also used for the same
> purpose.
>
> Regards,
> Ritesh.
>
>
>
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