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Mizoram has abundant natural bamboo resources, the first record of nine bamboo species in Mizoram appeared in “ The flora of the Lushai Hills” by Fisher (1938). Later, Naithani (1994) in his report on the preliminary survey of bamboo species in Mizoram have mentioned 18 species and the same number were recorded by the Department of Environment & Forest. The current listings now indicate that out of 150 India’s bamboo species, as many as 64 species occur in North-East India, out of which 22 species have been recorded from Mizoram. Some of the bamboos found in Mizoram are clump-forming e.g. Bambusa, Dendrocalamus etc, The clump forming bamboos are limited to steep gradients and are relatively inaccessible, they are mostly distributed in the sub tropical regions. The non-clump forming bamboo species are commonly found in the cooler, higher parts of the state with exception of Melocana baccifera which is a major component of secondary vegetation on previously jhumed lands in tr

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