Utilization Of Bamboo Research Articles

POTENSI DAN PEMANFAATAN BAMBU TALI (Gigantochloa apus) DI DESA LEU KECAMATAN BOLO KABUPATEN BIMA

Non-timber forest products are a wealth of natural resources that provide many benefits for the needs of the community around the forest. This study aims to determine the potential and utilization of bamboo in Leu Village in Bolo District, Bima Regency. The usefulness of this research is expected to be an information material for efforts to empower and utilize bamboo optimally and alternatively for the community. This research was conducted in March-April 2018 in Leu Village, Bolo District, Bima Regency. The data collected in this study consists of primary data and secondary data. Primary data is obtained by observing and recording in the field, as well as interviewing the community / respondents who use bamboo plants. Secondary data is collected through library studies sourced from books, journals, and data from relevant agencies. Leu village has the potential of rope bamboo stands (Gigantochloa apus) in Leu Village, Bolo District, Bima Regency, which is relatively low at 3843 stems per ha, with 61 clumps of clumps with an average of 63 clumps. The average bamboo harvested per year is still relatively small at 11.25% of the potential of old bamboo. The form of utilization of bamboo by farmers in addition to being sold is generally used as building materials, handicrafts, and as fences.

Indigenous knowledge of bamboos by Naga community, Tasikmalaya District, West Java, Indonesia

Abstract. Irawan B, Partasasmita R, Rahayu N, Setiawati T, Iskandar J. 2019. Indigenous knowledge of bamboos by Naga community, Tasikmalaya District, West Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 20: 1423-1434. Naga community is recognized as one of Sundanese traditional groups who reside in Neglasari village, Salawu Subdistrict, Tasikmalaya District, West Java Province, Indonesia. This community has been holding firm customs and culture. For daily needs, they take advantage of plant diversity around their homes, including bamboo. The aim of this study was to investigate the diversity (species and variations/landraces), utilization and management of bamboo among Naga community. The method used in this study was mixed method by combining qualitative and quantitative data collection with ethnobotany approach used in ethnobotanical studies. Semi-structured or deep interview, structured interviews, and participant observation method were used to collect data in the field. The result of study showed that there were 7 species and landraces of bamboos, namely Bambusa vulgaris Schard ex Wendl. var. vulgaris (haur hejo), Bambusa vulgaris Schard ex Wendl. var. striata (Lodd. ex Lindley) Gamble (haur koneng), Gigantochloa apus (J.A. & J.H. Schult) Kurz. (awi tali), Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea (Steud) Widjaja (awi gede/awi gombong), Gigantochloa atter (Hassk) Kurz. (awi temen), Gigantochloa atroviolacea Widjaja (awi hideung) and Schizostachyum iraten Steud (awi tamiyang) were documented and used in the gardens of Naga communities. Bamboos are traditionally used as building materials, woven for container, traditional musical instruments, equipment for cooking, agricultural and livestock tools, foodstuffs, and others. Bamboo plants in the garden have been traditionally managed which consists of land preparation, planting, maintenance, pest control, harvesting, and utilization. The conservation of bamboos has been traditionally done by Naga community, including selective cutting of bamboo trees instead of clear-cutting, and keeping the bamboos garden not being converted to other land uses.

Interactive buckling of structural local bamboo in Malaysia

Bamboo is a naturally available construction material and one of the fastest growing plant compared with the tree, which increases its suitability to be used as a sustainable source for wood industry, especially in construction works. Due to the lack of understanding on bamboo properties and lack of design standard, the utilization of bamboo in construction has always been neglected. This paper presents an investigation on the buckling behaviour of three species treated bamboos that are available in Malaysia, which included Bambusa Vulgaris, Dendrocalamus Asper, and Gigantochloa Scortechinii. Furthermore, a design method based on Perry-Robertson formula was proposed for compressive buckling of the bamboo. The experimental compressive buckling on 15 columns was conducted to investigate the buckling behaviours and the design procedure was developed by using the test data results. It was shown that for Dendrocalamus Asper, the model factors of the proposed design method was 1.16 while Bambusa Vulgaris was 1.15 and Gigantochloa Scortechinii was also 1.15. As result, the proposed design method was shown to be adequate and also was successfully calibrated against the test data. Thus, the advantages of bamboo in the structural application should be fully utilized to build light, strong bamboo structure.

PENGARUH ARANG AKTIF BAMBU TERHADAP KARAKTERISTIK PEMATANGAN DAN SIFAT MEKANIK KARET PEREDAM GONCANGAN KENDARAAN BERMOTOR

The research on the utilization of bamboo activated charcoal as a filler for sport damper has been done. This study aims to obtain the best formula of motor vehicle sport damper with bamboo activated charcoal filler and to examine the characteristics of the resulting sport damper. The design is Completely Randomized Design (RAL) non factorial, each treatment repeated three times, by treat ment of B1 (activated charcoal concentration 20 phr), B2 (activated charcoal concentration 30 phr), B3 (activated charcoal concentration 40 phr ), B4 (activated charcoal concentration 50 phr) and B5 (activated charcoal concentration 60 phr). The parameters observed were characteristic of vulcanization of rubber compound sport damper, ie optimum vulcanization rate (t 90 ), pravulcanisation time (ts 2 ) and torsion modulus (ML and MH) and mechanical characteristics, ie tear resistance and compression set. The results showed that all treatments had a significant effect on the characteristics of vulcanization and mechanical characteristics of sport damper. The best treatment of motor vehicle sport damper obtained of B3, B4 and B5, with characteristics characteristic is fulfill of commercial sport damper. The bamboo activated charcoal can be used as a filler for rubber products and can be used as an alternative to commercial fillers.

Ash fusion characteristics of bamboo, wood and coal

Ash fusion characteristics of bamboo, masson pine and coal were investigated using X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). XRF results showed that the major components of bamboo ash were K2O, SiO2 and SO3. Masson pine ash mainly included Fe2O3 and CaO. Coal ash was comprised of SiO2, Al2O3, CaO, Fe2O3 and SO3. The variation of major components resulted in different fusion characteristics, such as the low fusion temperature of bamboo ash and the high thermal conductivity of masson pine ash. XRD results confirmed chemical compositions transformation because six main chemical reactions occurred during thermal treatment process. SEM and TEM results showed that the elongated grains or plates of various sizes of all thermal treated ashes disappeared and they had less pores and denser structure on the surface, indicating structure transformation. The results from this research will be helpful to promote utilization of masson pine and bamboo for fuel in power station of China.

Review on Bamboo Utilization as Biocomposites, Pulp and Bioenergy

One of potential non wood bioresources utilized in industrial application is bamboos. Bamboos are include in graminae family which have high biomass productivity, easy and rapid production, wide avability and high holocellulose content. Indonesia has a huge potential of bamboos, more than 162 bamboo species are found however only some of them are planted that have a high economic value. Bamboos have some advantages such as can be harvested at 3 years, straight culm, high strength, easy to be processed, and relatively cheap. Research Center for Biomaterials has developed utilization of bamboo culm for ply bamboo product as alternative of plywood since 1995, using gombong bamboo, tali bamboo, sembilang bamboo, andong bamboo with PF resin as adhesive. Other biocomposite products from bamboos include particle board, cement board and polymer-bamboo fiber composites. In term of processing technique and final product quality, bamboo composites from ply bamboo are the most prospectable material to be utilized in industrial application. Yellow bamboo and betung bamboo have also been developed as pulp and paper. Biopulping using soda and kraft pulping after biological pretreatment using white rot fungi to remove lignin was used as pulping method in this conversion. Biokraft pulping with Trametes versicolor for 45 days with inoculum loading of 10% resulted better pulp quality compared to the other fungi. Betung bamboo had good morphological characteristics and chemical component content to be converted into bioenergy such as bioethanol. Several pretreatment methods have been developed in order to result high sugar yield. Microwave assisted acid hydrolysis was preferedin producing higher yield from the pretreated bamboo compared to enzymatic hydrolysis. By using this method, the bamboo pretreated by biological-microwave pretreatment results higher improvement to increase sugar yield.

Utilization of Ilocano Traditional Materials in the Construction of Green School Building

This paper focused on the development of a low-cost green school building and construction system. It aimed to characterize the technical and financial aspects of the project utilizing the Ilocano traditional construction materials that are available in the locality. The utilization of tropical Bamboo as a sustainable source encourages industrialization and increases employment opportunities within the locality. The research design is descriptive and qualitative. The researchers formulated a textual presentation of the engineering and architectural designs of the project. The project is an elementary school building with a dimension of seven by nine meters. The project was designed using raw materials available within the locality. The estimated project cost which is P185, 018.62 is lesser than a seven by nine meters reinforced concrete building with an estimated cost amounting to P945,000.00. The project promotes and supports research and development with the view of improving efficiency of raw materials utilization and further promotes processing and utilization of tropical Bamboo that would encourage the acceptance by the Engineers and designers to shift to raw material source. It is suggested that a study on the Impact of the project be conducted in order to measure the utility of the Green School Building project.

Mutu Biopelet dari Campuran Cangkang Buah Karet dan Bambu Ater (Gigantochloa atter) (The Quality of Biopellet from Rubber Seed Shell and Ater Bamboo (Gigantochloa atter))

Material characteristic showed that the rubber seed shell (RSS) has good potential to be used as the main material of biopellet with low ash content and high calorific value, while ater bamboo (Gigantochloa atter) has good potential to be used as biopellet additive because has high lignin content, so that it can be used as natural adhesive. The purposes of this research were to study the utilization of CBK and ater bamboo into biopellet and to analyze the quality of biopelet that has been produced. The compositions of CBK and ater bamboo were 100%:0%, 95%:5%, 90%:10%, 85%:15%, and 80%:20%. Pelletization process was done at pressure 597.24 kg/cm2, temperature 150oC, for 10 minutes. The best quality of biopellet was produced on the formulation of 85% CBK and 15% ater bamboo. It has 4.23% of moisture content; 0.84% of ash; 79.44% of volatile substances; 15.48% of fixed carbon; 4472.41 kal/g of calorific value; 8.30 mm of diameter; 32.66 mm of length; 1063.87 kg/m3 of bulk density; 91.93% of mechanical durability; 0.21% of nitrogen; 0.05% of sulphur; and chlorine content was less than 0.10 ppm. The best quality of biopellet has fulfilled the requirement of Indonesian Standards (SNI 8021: 2014), while based on European standards (EN 14961-2), biopelet had one parameter that didn’t fulfill the requirement, the mechanical durability (min. 96.5%).Keywords : Biopellet, alternative energy, rubber seed shell, ater bamboo (Gigantochloa atter)

CORRELATION BETWEEN BAMBOO UTILIZATION AS EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT HOME CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS WITH COMMUNITY BEHAVIOR IN MAINTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

In 2009 Jayapura Village was hit by an earthquake with a strength of 7.3 on the Richter Scale. Many homes were damaged by the quake. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between the utilization of bamboo as a home building material with environmental preservation behavior of Jayapura Village residents. The study population was 1,367 heads of households with a sample of 137 families. The method used in this research is using sequential mixed methods. The result of the research shows that there is a correlation between the two things which is indicated by the correlation value of 0,501 (medium correlation).

Review on Quality Enhancement of Bamboo Utilization: Preservation, Modification and Applications

Review on Quality Enhancement of Bamboo Utilization: Preservation, Modification and Applications

宮崎町、小鹿野町、矢部村の生活にみる竹材の利用形態の比較 : 竹材の利用形態からみた地域生活の研究(4)

宮崎町、小鹿野町、矢部村の生活にみる竹材の利用形態の比較 : 竹材の利用形態からみた地域生活の研究(4)

Bamboo distribution in Musi Rawas District South Sumatera Province

Indonesia is estimated to have 157 species of bamboo which is more than 10% of the world's bamboo species. Almost 50% of bamboo growth in Indonesia is endemic bamboo and more than 50% of bamboo species life in Indonesia have been utilized by the society conventionally. Further, the bamboo utilization is still having high potential to be developed by increasing the industrial development. This research aimed to investigate the diversity of the bamboo species in South Sumatera, particularly in Musi Rawas district. The result showed that in Musi Rawas district of South Sumatera province there are 10 species of bamboo located at 11 locations in protected forest area of 883.60 ha and production forest area of 177,976.26 ha. The large number of bamboo potentials viewed from various aspects and the many types of bamboo scattered in this district can be a supporting data in doing bamboo conservation efforts, especially in Musi Rawas district of South Sumatra province.

Diversity and Utilization of Bamboo Plants in The Area of Hotel in Kedewatan Village, Ubud, Bali

Bamboo or tiying (Balinese language) is a widely used non-timber plant in Indonesia especially in Bali. The presence of bamboo appertains to its ethno-botanical function of bamboo especially for rituals. However, there are other utilization of bamboo which is naturally grown or intentionally planted. Kedewatan as a famous place in northern Ubud, Bali have many lavish hotels with its natural environment and appealing place. The aims of this study is to invent bamboo species diversity and bamboo utilization on private areas of hotel in Kedewatan. Methods used in this study was field survey with observation and interview technic. Observation was implemented by purposive sampling methods by selecting hotel which adjacent to Ayung and Wos rivers. Interview was conducted with some key persons in charge on managing hotel garden. In addition, bamboo species identification was established through literature study. The results show that there are eleven bamboo species found on the survey area with most commonly employed species in the area were tiying tali (Gigantochloa apus (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Kurz.) and tiying gading (Phyllostachys sulphurea (Carr.) A. e.t. C. Riv.) which were belong to exotic species. The areas which bamboo cultivated were welcome area as a hedgerow and near hotel lobby, between, outside and inside villa buildings, and naturally grown in the riverbanks with a good landscaping arrangement. Bamboo plantations were utilized to adorn and support the quality of the hotel building as well as to conserve soil and water along Ayung and Wos river canyons. The other utilization of bamboo was to facilitate ritual activity in Kedewatan village. They are allowed to ask for limited amount of bamboo culms with condition not to damage the physical appearance and function that desired by the hotel manager or hotel owner.

Morphological and genetic diversity of bamboos in Arboretum Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, Jawa Barat

Annisa, Mardliyyah A, Kusmoro J. 2017. Morphological and genetic diversity of bamboos in Arboretum Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, Jawa Barat. Pros Sem Nas Masy Biodiv Indon 3: 351-360. Bamboos are versatile plant that have been used for a long time by Indonesian people in everyday life. The utilization of bamboo, continuously, could possibly reduced species and population of bamboos that available in nature. The study of morphological and genetic diversity can assist in gathering data for the purpose of conservation and sustainability use of bamboo’s germplasm. Research aimed to identify morphological and genetic diversity of bamboos in Arboretum Universitas Padjadjaran. The research of morphological diversity was done by identification based on the result of morphological observation and vegetative organ morphometric, while the research of genetic diversity was done by using SSR molecular marker. This research used observation method which included morphological identification and determination of location for collecting plant materilas, collecting plant materials, DNA isolation, visualization of DNA products, and amplification by using SSR marker. Morphology and amplification data were analysed descriptively. Clustering analysis based on genetic was done by UPGMA on Numerical Taxonomy and Multivariate Analysis System (NTSYS) 2.02. Result of morphological diversity research showed there were ten species of bamboos in Arboretum Universitas Padjadjaran that consisted of four genus such as Bambusa, Gigantochloa, Phyllostachys, and Schizostachyum. Result of genetic diversity research showed that ten loci of SSR markers designed from Phyllostachys in China and Bambusa in India can be applied on Arboretum’s bamboos . The total alleles were 117 alleles with range size of 83-893bp. PIC value of the primers were ranged between 0.84-0.94, which categorized as very informative. Based on similarity coefficient values it can be concluded that bamboo Arboretum Universitas Padjadjaran has high level genetic diversity.

English

Bamboo market in Ethiopia is not well developed and bamboo marketing as a viable alternative for farmers has become a very challenging issue. In the Homosha district, despite the abundant and valuable lowland bamboo resources, the income contribution of bamboo is very low and livelihood of smallholder farmers in the area is desperate due marketing challenges. Thus, the study was initiated to identify and analyze factors influencing bamboo culm market supply as well as its opportunities and challenges. Both primary and secondary data were used in this study. The primary data were collected from 141 household heads in three villages via household survey, key informant interviews, field observation, market assessment and stakeholder consultation workshop. The data were analyzed using STATA13. It was found that family size ( in working age) and experience of culm selling were positively and significantly related to quantity of bamboo bundles supplied for sale at 5% significance level, whereas, education level, access to market information, marketing linkages and prices were positively and significantly related to quantity of bamboo bundles supplied for sale at 1% significance level. But, age of harvesters is significantly and negatively related to quantity of bamboo bundles supplied for sale at 5%. In spite of high bamboo resource in Homosha district, it is declining due natural and anthropogenic related activities. Reverse to this government and non-governmental organizations are working on rehabilitation activities in some areas of the district. Bamboo utilization is confined to household level and products are manufactured traditionally and there was a low local demand for these bamboo products. Market actor lack training and is few researches conducted on bamboo production, processing and utilization. Therefore, in addition to toughening interaction among harvesters and buyers, spreading of relevant information and establishing bamboo product market center and cooperatives, and engagement of relevant institutions to assist bamboo marketing, it is encouraged to train market actors on bamboo economic benefits and marketing as well as conduct research on production, processing, management and utilization. Key words: Bamboo bundles, determinants, harvesters, marketing linkages.

Changes of foraging patch selection and utilization by a giant panda after bamboo flowering.

The bamboo flowering leads to the habitat fragmentation and food quality decline of a giant panda. Few empirical research has been conducted about the giant panda's response to the bamboo flowering. Here, we investigated the characteristics of bamboo stands, giant panda's activity, and selection and utilization of bamboo stands by giant panda in Taibaishan National Nature Reserve, China, over a 3-year period (September 2013-May 2016) during the Fargesia qinlingensis flowering period. Our results indicated that the proportion of whole bamboo stands flowering has gradually expanded from 26.7% in 2013 and 33.9% in 2014 to 52.3% in 2015. Although the flowering bamboo has lower crude protein and higher crude fiber than a non-flowering bamboo, the giant panda still fed on flowering bamboo from the evidence of droppings. The giant panda left its feeding sites and moved to the high elevation along river when the proportion of flowering reached 69.2% at elevation of 2350-2450m in the third year. With the decline of the quality of bamboo stand of Fargesia qinlingensis, the giant panda abandoned its feeding sites when the threshold value of bamboo flowering reached 56.9-69.2%. Flexibility in foraging strategy and spatial behavior can help the giant panda to better adapt to the environment.

Ethnobotany of Bamboo in Sangirese, North Celebes

<p>Advances in technology have encouraged the growth of a variety of biodiversity processing methods. These conditions encourage efforts to use natural resources more broadly. Ethnobotany can be used to document the local knowledge of the plants and their utilization. This study is aimed to describe the various forms of bamboo utilization by Sangirese. The method used was survey with purposive sampling. The data were analyzed descriptively based on exploration results and interviews with the people. The results showed there were 11 species of bamboo that are directly related to the life of local community in Sangirese, consisting of seven species of <em>Bambusa</em>, three species of <em>Schizostachyum</em>, and each one species of <em>Dendrocalamus </em>and <em>Gigantochloa</em>. Local community use bamboo for a variety of daily necessities; as building materials, handicraft, furniture, ceremonies, musical instruments, transportation, medicine, ornamental plants, as well as food. These exploration results are expected to complement the data of bamboo ethnobotany in Indonesia. Applicatively, this research is expected to be a reference in the national strategy of bamboo germplasm resource conservation.</p>

A biorefinery scheme to fractionate bamboo into high-grade dissolving pulp and ethanol

BackgroundBamboo is a highly abundant source of biomass which is underutilized despite having a chemical composition and fiber structure similar as wood. The main challenge for the industrial processing of bamboo is the high level of silica, which forms water-insoluble precipitates negetively affecting the process systems. A cost-competitive and eco-friendly scheme for the production of high-purity dissolving grade pulp from bamboo not only requires a process for silica removal, but also needs to fully utilize all of the materials dissolved in the process which includes lignin, and cellulosic and hemicellulosic sugars as well as the silica. Many investigations have been carried out to resolve the silica issue, but none of them has led to a commercial process. In this work, alkaline pretreatment of bamboo was conducted to extract silica prior to pulping process. The silica-free substrate was used to produce high-grade dissolving pulp. The dissolved silica, lignin, hemicellulosic sugars, and degraded cellulose in the spent liquors obtained from alkaline pretreatment and pulping process were recovered for providing high-value bio-based chemicals and fuel.ResultsAn integrated process which combines dissolving pulp production with the recovery of excellent sustainable biofuel and biochemical feedstocks is presented in this work. Pretreatment at 95 °C with 12% NaOH charge for 150 min extracted all the silica and about 30% of the hemicellulose from bamboo. After kraft pulping, xylanase treatment and cold caustic extraction, pulp with hemicellulose content of about 3.5% was obtained. This pulp, after bleaching, provided a cellulose acetate grade dissolving pulp with α-cellulose content higher than 97% and hemicellulose content less than 2%. The amount of silica and lignin that could be recovered from the process corresponded to 95 and 77.86% of the two components in the original chips, respectively. Enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation of the concentrated and detoxified sugar mixture liquor showed that an ethanol recovery of 0.46 g/g sugar was achieved with 93.2% of hydrolyzed sugars being consumed. A mass balance of the overall process showed that 76.59 g of solids was recovered from 100 g (o.d.) of green bamboo.ConclusionsThe present work proposes an integrated biorefinery process that contains alkaline pre-extraction, kraft pulping, enzyme treatment and cold caustic extraction for the production of high-grade dissolving pulp and recovery of silica, lignin, and hemicellulose from bamboo. This process could alleviate the silica-associated challenges and provide feedstocks for bio-based products, thereby allowing the improvement and expansion of bamboo utilization in industrial processes.

Species diversity and utilization of bamboo to support life’s the community of Karangwangi Village, Cidaun Sub-District of Cianjur, Indonesia

Abstract. Hailu HW, Sajidan, Pangastuti A, GreinerR. 2017. Isolation, characterization and 18S rDNA sequence analysis of phytase producing fungi from Indonesia, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 18: 10-14. Phytase breaks down the phytate portion of grains and oil seeds; thereby, releasing phosphorus and minerals for animals. The objectives of this research were to screen phytase-producing novel species of fungi; to conduct cultural and phylogenetic characterization; to perform 18S rDNA sequencing and BLAST analysis. Samples of fungi were collected from different sources, cultured on potato dextrose agar and potato dextrose broth. Phytase assay was conducted based on Vanadate-molybdate method. Three isolates with highest enzyme activity were selected for pH and temperature optimization. DNA was extracted by modifying plant DNA extraction and yeast genomic DNA extraction kits. The 18S rDNA gene was amplified and sequenced. The result indicated that optimum temperatures ranged from 60-75oC and the optimum pH for isolates from papaya (Angr), palm bark (Abark) and sugarcane soil field (Asoil) were 4.5, 3.0 and 4.5, respectively. Based on 18S rDNA sequence analysis the phytase producing fungal isolates Angr, Abark and Asoil were identical to Aspergillus niger, Beauveria felina and Nigrosabulum globosum, respectively.Keywords: 18S rDNA, BLAST, fungi, phytase, phylogeny

Species diversity and utilization of bamboo to support life’s the community of Karangwangi Village, Cidaun Sub-District of Cianjur, Indonesia

Abstract. Setiawati T, Mutaqin AZ, Irawan B, An’amillah A, Iskandar J. 2017. Species diversity and utilization of bamboo to support life’s the community of Karangwangi Village, Cidaun Sub-District of Cianjur, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 18: 58-64. Bamboo is closely related to the lives of Indonesian people, especially in the rural area. Indonesia has a high diversity of bamboo species with multiple social, economic, cultural and ecological functions. Village communities have taken advantage of bamboo as a building material, furniture, handicrafts, household items, food, and medicine. The objective of this research is to determine the diversity of bamboo species in the Karangwangi Village and their role in supporting the daily life of the local community. The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive analysis method using ethnobotanical approach. Data collection was conducted with a semi-structured interview with local informants, followed by field observation and specimen collection. Bamboo specimens are later morphologically observed and identified. Results of the study shows that there are 13 species of bamboo in Karangwangi Village, namely Haur Gereng (Bambusa blumeana J.A & J.H. Schult), Haur Geulis (Bambusa sp.), Haur Koneng  (Bambusa vulgaris var. Striata), Haur Seah (Bambusa vulgaris Schrad Ex. var vittata), Awi Tali (Gigantochloa apus), Awi Hideung (Gigantochloa atroviolacea Widjadja), Awi gombong/Awi Surat (Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea (Steud.) Widjadja), Awi Temen (Gigantochola atter (Hassk.) Kurz.), Awi Lengka (Gigantochloa hasskarliana (Kurz.) Backer ex Heyne), Awi tamiyang (Schizostachyum iraten Steud.), Awi Gembong(Schizostachyum sp.), Awi Hias (Bambusa glaucophylla Widjadja), and Cangkoreh (Dinochloa scandens (Blume ex Neese) Kuntze). These species are used by the community of Karangwangi Village for various purposes, ranging from building materials, handicrafts, furniture, food, medicine, to fish poison. Keywords: Bamboo, Cianjur, diversity, Karangwangi, utilization