page_title: Bambusa vulgaris
section_title: Distribution and habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Bambusa vulgaris / Distribution and habitat
caption_attribution_description: English: Bambusa vulgaris bamboos at the Botanical Garden of São Paulo (São Paulo city, SP, Brazil).Português: Bambus Bambusa vulgaris no Jardim Botânico de São Paulo (SP, Brasil).
context_page_description: Bambusa vulgaris, common bamboo, is an open-clump type bamboo species. It is native to Indochina and to the province of Yunnan in southern China, but it has been widely cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in several regions. Among bamboo species, it is one of the largest and most easily recognized.
context_section_description: Common bamboo is the most widely grown bamboo throughout the tropics and subtropics. Although mostly known only from cultivation, spontaneous (nondomesticated), escaped, and naturalized populations exist throughout the tropics and subtropics in and outside Asia. B. vulgaris is widely cultivated in East, Southeast, and South Asia, as well as tropical Africa including Madagascar. It is highly concentrated in the Indomalayan rainforests. The species is one of the most successful bamboos in Pakistan, Tanzania, and Brazil.
  Popular as a hothouse plant by the 1700s, it was one of the earliest bamboo species introduced into Europe. It is believed to have been introduced to Hawaii in the time of Captain James Cook (the late 18th century), and is the most popular ornamental plant there. B. vulgaris is widely cultivated in the USA and Puerto Rico, apparently since introduction by Spaniards in 1840. It may have been the first foreign species introduced into the United States by Europeans.
caption: B. vulgaris at the São Paulo's Botanical Garden, SP, Brazil
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