Bambusa ventricosa is a species of bamboo which is native to Vietnam and to Guangdong province in southern China.[1][2] The species is widely cultivated in subtropical regions around the world for the bulbous and ornamental culms. The species is used in bonsai.
Bambusa tuldoides Munro, a bamboo species, is used as a health food, dietary supplement and folk medicine in China, and produces lignans that can be used to supplement other natural sources.
Four diastereoisomers were characterised and given the names oxyneolignans A, B, C and D. Furthermore, each oxyneolignan occurred as a pair of enantiomers. The oxyneolignans A-D consisted of the erythro-diastereoisomer of oxyneolignan at C7 and C8.
Bambusa tuldoides 'Swollen Internode' (gu jie zhu), with culm internodes shortened and swollen at base, is frequently found in gardens. The compression of its internodes is weaker than in B. ventricosa.