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