Has been used in tropical and subtropical countries for centuries.

Versatile in processing methods.

Used to make poles and textiles.

Split into strips which can be woven into baskets and furniture.

Musical instruments, shelter, architecture, flooring, scaffolding, roofing, medicine, cellulose, paper, bridges, baskets, furniture, bamboo plywood, and wind protection in farming.

Can be pulped and molded into shapes like chairs, from designer Yuhang.

Bamboo is being used more frequently in consumer goods like toothbrushes, handles for kitchen scrubbers, utensils, toilet paper and female period products like tampons and pads.

Rapidly renewable, low energy processing, self-regenerating raw material, regrows as soon as it has been harvested and low cost.

Bamboo does not die when cut, regenerates up to 4cm per hour, sequesters up to 12 tons of CO2 from the air, generates up to 35% more oxygen than trees of similar height and grows with no fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides.

Excellent strength to weight ratio. Good flexing. The exact properties depend on where the material is taken from in relation to the growth ring. Light weight, fast growing. Extremely elastic. There are over 75 species and the exact properties depend on where the material is taken.