Chinese bamboo in Mauritius

The Chinese bamboo is known as "bambou de Chine" or "Bambou chinois" in Mauritius. Bamboo is a reed native to India and China whose woody stems can measure over 10 meters. Their growth is particularly fast since they can take up to 30 cm per day! Bamboo is found mainly throughout tropical Asia, but it has adapted to many climates so that it is now naturally present on all continents except Europe and Antarctica. Cooked bamboo shoots are eaten as vegetables, but the stem, roots, leaves and bud are used for their medicinal properties. Traditional Chinese and Indian (Ayurvedic) medicines have been using it for thousands of years by harvesting an exudate called "bamboosil" in Chinese or "tabashir" in Indian from the nodes and stems. And bamboo has more than one string to its bow, since in addition to being a fodder plant, ornamental and medicinal, it is also ecological. It has the ability to fix 30% more C02 than hardwood trees, thus actively fighting against the greenhouse effect!