Inventorying bamboo diversity of Kokrajhar District , BTAD, Assam, India with emphasis on its uses by the Bodos and allied tribes

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Year 2014 Vol 3 Issue 3
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¹Birendra Kumar Brahma ²Anusriti Basumatary ³Jangila Basumatary ⁴Derhasat Narzary, ⁵Neeta Mwsharary, ⁶Samir Jamatia ⁷ Pungbili Basumatar ⁸d Arvind Kumar Goyal*
¹Bamboo Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Bod oland University, Kokrajhar-783370, B.T.A.D, Assam, India
²Bamboo Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Bod oland University, Kokrajhar-783370, B.T.A.D, Assam, Indi
³Bamboo Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Bod oland University, Kokrajhar-783370, B.T.A.D, Assam, Indi
⁴Bamboo Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Bod oland University, Kokrajhar-783370, B.T.A.D, Assam, Indi
⁵Bamboo Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Bod oland University, Kokrajhar-783370, B.T.A.D, Assam, Indi
⁶Bamboo Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Bod oland University, Kokrajhar-783370, B.T.A.D, Assam, Indi
⁷Bamboo Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Bod oland University, Kokrajhar-783370, B.T.A.D, Assam, Indi
⁸Bamboo Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Bod oland University, Kokrajhar-783370, B.T.A.D, Assam, Indi
Abstract
Bamboo (Poaceae), an important non-wood forest resou rce has been interwoven with the life style of the Bodos and allied tribes of this region since ages but the re is as such no documentation of bamboos found in Kokrajhar district of Assam, India. Thus, here an attempted h ave been made to present diversity of bamboo specie s along with their utilization by the resident tribes.

Field visit were conducted for collection coupled w ith consultation with the published literatures, experts for proper identific ation and extensive interviews with the local peopl e to record the uses and

Keywords
Bamboo, diversity, Kokrajhar, Assam
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