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Table 6 Advantages and disadvantages of bamboos by their properties.
Species Advantage Disadvantage
Pai Hok • very large culm • rather high shrinkage
(Dendrocalamus hamiltonii size • only limited
Nees et Arn. Ex. Munro) • straight culm distribution to the
shape natural forest in
• high mechanical mountainous area
properties • not commonly planted

Pai Pa • large culm size • very high shrinkage
(Bambusa bambos (L) Voss) • very high • mainly distribution to
mechanical the natural forest
properties • not commonly planted
• many branches and
thorns in the culm
Pai Ruak Dam • high mechanical • small culm size
(Thyrsostachys oliveri Gamble) properties
• low shrinkage
• has been
planted though
out the country
Pai Ruak • as same as • small culm size
(Thyrsostachys siamensis Gamble) T. oliveri
Pai Lammalok • high mechanical • medium to large culm
(Dendrocalamus longispathus Kurz) properties size
• low shrinkage • mainly distribution to
the natural forest
Pai Liang • high mechanical • medium to large culm
(Bambusa sp.) properties size
• has been • rather high shrinkage
planted though
out the country
Pai See Suk • large culm size • high shrinkage
(Bambusa blumeana Schultes) • high mechanical • many branches and
properties thorns in the culm
• has been
planted though
out the country

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