Abstract
As ornamental subjects and as the source of raw material for papermaking, textiles, basketry, matting, rope, house construction, furniture, bridges and fishing equipment, bamboos have a greater diversity of uses in the Orient than any other group of closely related plants.
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McClure, F.A. Bamboo in the economy of Oriental peoples. Econ Bot 10, 335–361 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859765
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