Species-Site Suitability Assessment of Bamboo and Its Detailed Study in Different Agroecological Zones of Kenya

Table 4

List of bamboo species that were assessed during the nationwide bamboo-species site suitability assessment in different AEZs in Kenya.

Nos.	Bamboo species	Origin	Planting site(s)	Agroecological zones (AEZs)
1	Oldenia alpina	Native	2	LH1 and UM1
2	Thyrsostachys siamensis	Unfamiliar	3	LM2 and CL4
3	Phyllostachys aurea	Unfamiliar	1	LH1
4	Oxytenanthera abyssinica	Unfamiliar	4	LH3, LM2, LM5, and CL4
5	Dendrocalamus strictus	Unfamiliar	3	LM2, LM5, and CL4
6	Dendrocalamus membranaceus	Unfamiliar	3	LH3, UM3, and Cl4
7	Dendrocalamus hamiltonii	Unfamiliar	3	LH3, LM1, and CL2
8	Dendrocalamus giganteus	Unfamiliar	4	LH3, UM1, and LM2
9	Dendrocalamus brandsii	Unfamiliar	1	LH3
10	Dendrocalamus birmanicus	Unfamiliar	1	LH3
11	Dendrocalamus asper	Unfamiliar	6	LH1, LH3, UM1, UM2, and LM1
12	Bambusa vulgaris var. vulgaris	Unfamiliar	6	LH1, UM1, UM2, LM2, and LM5
13	Bambusa vulgaris var. vitatta	Unfamiliar	8	LH3, UM1, UM2, LM1, LM2, and CL4
14	Bambusa tulda	Unfamiliar	1	LH3
15	Bambusa multiplex	Unfamiliar	1	LH1
16	Bambusa blumeana	Unfamiliar	3	LH3, CL2, and CL4
17	Bambusa bambos/arundinaceae	Unfamiliar	2	LM2 and CL4