Culms of Bambusa tuidoides Munro, Bambusa vulgaris Schrad and Dendrocalamus giganteus Munro, were studied and the following variables were determined: height and basal diameter, content of nodes, fibrous material and intemode hollows. The node contents, regarding the fresh weight, were 6.32, 11.70 and 13.41%, respectively for B. tuldoides, D. giganteus and B. vulgaris. Regarding the culm volume, the fibrous material contents ranged from 46.09% for D. giganteus to 61.19% for B. tuidoides. The intermediate value was 53.32% for B. vulgaris. This study was carried out in 1988 at the Instituto Agronômico de Campinas in State of São Pauto, Brazil.
bamboo; fibrous material; node; intemode