International Journal of Forestry Research

Review Article

A Review on Bamboo Resource in the African Region: A Call for Special Focus and Action

Table 1

Origin and distribution of bamboo resource in the African region.


No.	List of countries	Origin and distribution of bamboo resource in the African region		Reference
No.	List of countries	Indigenous (native) species	Introduced (exotic) species	Reference

1	Algeria		Pseudosasa japonica	INBAR [17]
2	Angola	Guaduella densiflora, Guaduella dichroa, Olyra latifolia, Oreobambos buchwaldii, and Oxytenanthera abyssinica.		Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
3	Benin	O. latifolia and O. abyssinica.	Bambusa vulgaris, Dendrocalamus asper, and D. giganteus.	Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], zhou [16], Inada and Hall [20], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
4	Burkina Faso	O. latifolia and O. abyssinica.	B. vulgaris	Inada and Hall [20], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
5	Burundi	Oldeania alpina, O. latifolia, O. buchwaldii, and O. abyssinica.		Phillips [2], Bystriakova et al. [18], Inada and Hall [20], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
6	Cameroon	G. densiflora, Guaduella humilis, Guaduella macrostachys, Guaduella marantifolia, Guaduella oblonga, O. alpina, O. latifolia, O. buchwaldii, O. abyssinica, and Puelia atractocarpa.	B. vulgaris (B. vulgaris var. vittata (yellow variety)), Ochlandra travancorica, and Phyllostachys aurea.	Phillips [2], Grimshaw [21], Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], INBAR [22], Ingram et al. [23], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
7	Central African Republic	O. latifolia and O. abyssinica.		Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
8	Chad	O. abyssinica		KFRI [24], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
9	Comoros	O. latifolia and Sirochloa parvifolia.		Ohrnberger [1], INBAR [17]
10	Cote d’Ivoire	G. oblonga, O. latifolia, and O. abyssinica.	B. vulgaris	Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
11	Democratic Republic of Congo	O. alpina, O. latifolia, O. buchwaldii, and O. abyssinica.	B. vulgaris and D. asper.	Phillips [2], Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], Inada and Hall [20], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
12	Egypt		B. multiplex (B. nana) and B. vulgaris.	Moustafa et al. [25]
13	Equatorial Guinea	O. latifolia and O. abyssinica.		INBAR [17]
14	Eritrea	O. abyssinica		Phillips [2], Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], Clayton et al. [19]
15	Ethiopia	Gigantochloa felix, O. alpina, O. latifolia, and O. abyssinica.	B. balcooa, B. bambos, B. emeiensis, B. multiplex, B. multiplex ՝Albovariegata,՛ B. oldhamii, B. pachinensis, B. tulda, B. vulgaris (B. vulgaris var. green (green variety), B. vulgaris var. striata, and B. vulgaris var. vittata), D. asper, D. barbatus, D. brandisii, D. giganteus, D. hamiltonii, D. latiflorus, D. membranaceus, D. peculiaris, Gigantochloa apus, Gigantochloa atter, Gigantochloa sumatra, Guadua amplexifolia, Guadua angustifolia, Phyllostachys edulis, Schizostachyum jaculans, and Thyrsostachys siamensis.	Phillips [2], Embaye [14], Ohrnberger [1], Embaye [13], Fu et al. [11], Jiang and Liu [12], Chen et al. [10], Huojin [15], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
16	Gabon	G. densiflora, G. marantifolia, and G. oblonga.		Ohrnberger [1]
17	Gambia	O. latifolia and O. abyssinica		Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
18	Ghana	B. bambos, B. multiplex, B. pervariabilis, B. vulgaris (B. vulgaris var. green and B. vulgaris var. vittata), D. strictus, G. macrostachys, O. latifolia, and O. abyssinica.	B. burmanica, B. heterostachya, B. oldhamii, B. textilis, B. ventricosa, D. asper, D. barbatus, D. brandisii, D. giganteus, D. latiflorus, D. membranaceus, Gigantochloa albociliata, G. angustifolia, Guadua chacoensis, P. edulis, and T. siamensis.	Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], Inada and Hall [20], Appiah-Kubi et al. [26], INBAR [27], Clayton et al. [19]
19	Guinea	G. oblonga, O. latifolia, and O. abyssinica.	B. vulgaris	Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
20	Guinea-Bissau	O. latifolia, and O. abyssinica
21	Kenya	Hickelia africana, O. alpina, O. latifolia, O. buchwaldii, and Pseudosasa amabilis	B. bambos, B. lako, B. nutans, B. tulda, B. vulgaris (B. vulgaris var. vittata), D. asper, D. brandisii, D. giganteus, D. hamiltonii, D. membranaceus, D. strictus, O. abyssinica, P. edulis, P. nigra var. henonis, Schizostachyum pergracile, Shibataea kumasaca, and T. siamensis.	Kigomo and Kamiri [28], Grimshaw [21], zhou [16], Fu et al. [11], Jiang and Liu [12], Kigomo [29], Inada and Hall [20], KFRI [24], Chen et al. [10], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
22	Lesotho	O. abyssinica, Bergbambos tessellata, and Thamnocalamus sp.		Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], INBAR [17]
23	Liberia	G. oblonga, O. latifolia, and O. abyssinica.		Ohrnberger [1], Inada and Hall [20], INBAR [17]
24	Libya		B. vulgaris
25	Madagascar	Cathariostachys capitata, Cathariostachys madagascariensis, Cephalostachyum chapelieri, Cephalostachyum perrieri, Cephalostachyum sp., Cephalostachyum viguieri, Decaryochloa diadelpha, Hickelia alaotrensis, Hickelia madagascariensis, Hickelia perrieri, Hitchcockella baronii, Nastus ambrensis, N. aristatus, N. decaryanus, N. elongatus, N. emirnensis, N. humbertianus, N. lokohoensis, N. madagascariensis, N. manongarivensis, N. perrieri, N. tsaratananensis, Ochlandra capitata, O. latifolia, Perrierbambus madagascariensis, Perrierbambus tsarasaotrensis, Schizostachyum perrieri, Sirochloa parvifolia (Schizostachyum bosseri), Thamnocalamus ibityensis, Thamnocalamus sp., Yushania humbertii, Y. madagascariensis, Y. perrieri, Yushania sp., Valiha diffusa, V. perrieri , and Valiha sp.	B. multiplex, B. spinosa, B. vulgaris (B. madagascariensis, B. vulgaris var. green, and B. vulgaris var. vittata), D. asper, D. giganteus, D. strictus, Gigantochloa aff. pseudoarundinacea, and P. aurea.	Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], Inada and Hall [20], King et al. [30], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
26	Malawi	O. alpina, O. latifolia, O. buchwaldii, and O. abyssinica.		Phillips [2], Grimshaw [21], Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], Sosola-Banda and Johnsen [31]
27	Mali	O. abyssinica		Inada and Hall [20], INBAR [17]
28	Mauritius	Probably B. tessellata	B. multiplex and D. giganteus.	Ohrnberger [1], INBAR [17]
29	Morocco		P. japonica	INBAR [17]
30	Mozambique	O. latifolia, O. buchwaldii, and O. abyssinica.	B. bambos, B. vulgaris (B. striata), D. hamiltonii, and D. strictus.	Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
31	Niger	O. abyssinica		INBAR [17]
32	Nigeria	G. densiflora, G. humilis, O. latifolia, and O. abyssinica.	B. vulgaris, Brachystachyum stellatus, Dayeteng spp., D. giganteus, D. sinicus, Fargesia robusta, Gelidocalamus stellatus, Nuomizhu xiaoyeteng, P. edulis (P. heterocycla var. pubescens), Pleioblastus fortunei, Shibataea chinensis, and Y. baishazuensis.	Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
33	Republic of Congo	G. marantifolia, O. alpina, O. latifolia, and O. abyssinica.		Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
34	Réunion	N. borbonicus	D. giganteus	Inada and Hall [20], INBAR [17]
35	Rwanda	O. alpina and O. abyssinica.	B. vulgaris	Phillips [2], Inada and Hall [20], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
36	São Tomé and Príncipe	O. latifolia and O. abyssinica.	B. balcooa and B. vulgaris.	INBAR [17], Haroun et al. [32]
37	Senegal	O. latifolia and O. abyssinica		Phillips [2], Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], Inada and Hall [20], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
38	Seychelles		B. multiplex, B. vulgaris, D. giganteus, D. strictus, and P. nigra.	Zhou [16], INBAR [17]
39	Sierra Leone	G. oblonga, O. latifolia, and O. abyssinica.	B. vulgaris	Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
40	South Africa	O. abyssinica and B. tessellata.	B. balcooa	Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], Inada and Hall [20]
41	South Sudan	O. alpina and O. abyssinica.		Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], Clayton et al. [19]
42	Sudan	O. alpina, O. latifolia, and O. abyssinica.	B. polymorpha, B. teres, B. tulda, B. vulgaris, D. giganteus, D. hamiltonii, D. longispathus, D. strictus, S. pergracile, and Melocanna baccifera.	Phillips [2], Ohrnberger [1]; Bystriakova et al. [18]; zhou [16]; INBAR [17]; Clayton et al. [19]
43	Swaziland	O. abyssinica		INBAR [17]
44	Togo	B. bambos, B. multiplex, B. vulgaris (B. vulgaris var. striata), O. latifolia, and O. abyssinica.	B. beecheyana, B. birmanica, B. dissimulator, B. edulis, B. oldhamii, B. nutans, B. polymorpha, B. spinosa, B. ventricosa, B. warmin, D. brandisii, D. latiflorus, D. membranaceus, D. strictus, G. albociliata, Gigantochloa bali white, Gigantochloa luteostriata, Gigantochloa malay dwarf, G. angustifolia, and G. chacoensis.	Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], Kokutse et al. [33], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
45	Uganda	H. africana, O. alpina, O. latifolia, O. buchwaldii, and O. abyssinica.	D. asper	Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], zhou [16], Inada and Hall (2008), Ingram et al. [23], INBAR [17], INBAR [34], Clayton et al. [19]
46	United Republic of Tanzania	B. vulgaris (B. vulgaris var. green and B. vulgaris var. vittata), H. africana, O. alpina, O. latifolia, O. buchwaldii, and O. abyssinica.		Grimshaw [21], Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], zhou [16], Inada and Hall [20], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
47	Zambia	O. alpina, O. latifolia, O. buchwaldii, and O. abyssinica.		Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], zhou [16], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]
48	Zimbabwe	O. latifolia, O. buchwaldii, and O. abyssinica.		Ohrnberger [1], Bystriakova et al. [18], INBAR [17], Clayton et al. [19]