Bamboo Species of Paraguay

3 genera, 5 species

Bamboo is scarcely used in Paraguay for economic activities and does not form a large resource. There are 3 Guadua species present in Paraguay with potential uses: Guadua chacoensis (tacuar), Guadua paniculata and Guadua paraguayana (picanilla).

According to Cabrera, bamboos are an important element of the Paraguayan forest. The forest at the lower levels was cleared of them when they flowered and the culms died, but new bamboo plants had regenerated by the following year and were forming an impenetrable wall.

Native Bamboo Species of Paraguay

Species	Diameter	Height
Chusquea ramosissima	∅ 15 mm	⇑ 10 m
Guadua chacoensis	∅ 150 mm	⇑ 20 m
Guadua paniculata	∅ 70 mm	⇑ 10 m
Guadua paraguayana	∅ 40 mm	⇑ 10 m
Merostachys clausenii var. clausenii	∅ 100 mm	⇑ 24 m

Source: INBAR

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