Domestic and home uses
Kitchenware and utensils
Craft beautiful furniture out of bamboo
Makes beautiful hardwood flooring
Used in various cosmetic products and deodorants
Office use
Bamboo provides high quality pulp used for making paper
Pen, USB casings and various other stationary items are made from bamboo
Medicinal healing
Bamboo sprouts can be helpful in treating ulcers and wounds
Bamboo extract is used to treat various inflammations
The roots and leaves are used for treating venereal diseases
Used as an abortifacient for kidney diseases
Used to treat infantile epilepsy
Building material
Building materials used in construction
Used to reinforce roads and bridges
Used as eco-friendly and more cost-effective scaffolding
Bamboo stems are used to make fences, roofs and roof tiles
Food preservative
Used in food as a natural food preservative because the bamboo skin prevents bacteria from growing.
Clothing and accessories
Bamboo makes a strong and durable fabric with a long-lasting antibacterial quality and is therefore used to make clothing as well as rugs.
Made into accessories such as necklaces, earrings and other types of jewellery