A review of Bamboos at TBGRI by K. C. Koshy

This book tells the story of the establishment of a bambusetum at the Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute in the state of Kerala in southern India. Started in 1987 by the author,it could be held up as a model of thoroughness in building up a living bamboo collection. Scrupulous care was taken to document

This book tells the story of the establishment of a bambusetum at the Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute in the state of Kerala in southern India. Started in 1987 by the author, it could be held up as a model of thoroughness in building up a living bamboo collection. Scrupulous care was taken to document all introductions and their location in the Garden. Although only 68 species are represented, great effort was taken to acquire a diversity of genotypes within them amounting to 933 different accessions.