Joints in bamboo tend to bulge and are dark. Bamboo is less flexible, so it has limited bending capability. Buri furniture is from the mid-rib or spine of the Buri palm leaf. It is woven into such pieces as the princess or fan chair. Buri usually costs less than rattan or wicker and tends to be flat and square.
Wicker is a construction technique rather than a material.
Wicker furniture might be made of rattan reed, dwarf rattan, willow, split bamboo, splint or other flexible twig or branch. Wicker-type furniture also is made of Kraft paper and plastic. Several different joints and finishing processes are used for rattan furniture. Screwed joints do not need to be wrapped with cane, leather or plastic, but nailed joints must be wrapped. The bent or folded joint is not wrapped.