Medicinal
Guadua Angustifolia
Guadua angustifolia Kunth
FamilyPoaceae
EspañolGuadua
AlsoColombian timber bamboo, Colombian giant thorny bamboo, Guadua, Guadua Angustifolia (common name missing)
A tall, woody bamboo of the wet tropics of northern South America, known in Colombia and Ecuador simply as guadua. It is a giant grass with a wide range of uses: as a building material and fuel, as animal fodder and food, in medicine and for environmental purposes such as soil protection.
Sourced · see Record tab Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List. · IUCN
Worth knowingAmong the Spanish names recorded for it in Ecuador is 'muchas espinas', meaning 'many thorns'.
1on the estate
0carrying a tag
0sponsored
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | 5 July 2019 | Planted | — | 9.0 |
1 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.