06 Sep Bamboo, so-called “vegetable steel”

The term Bamboo originates from the Malai language “Mambu” and was then translated into English with the more famous name of Bamboo; its introduction in Italy is attributed to the Tuscan botanist Orazio Fenzi, and dates back to 1884. Bamboos are shrubby, evergreen, very vigorous plants; their height can vary from a few centimeters up to 40 meters and the diameter can reach 30 cm. The thickness of the barrel wall can be as high as 2 cm: this is why it boasts a double compressive strength compared to that of concrete. The range of shapes and colors of the bamboos is also varied and wide: you can meet bamboo of yellow, black, striped, climbing and even thorny colors.

Bamboo is 100% ecological material:

• since it grows quickly and spontaneously, autonomously, and above all abundantly, it can be harvested annually and in a non-destructive way.
• a bamboo forest is able to capture up to 17 tons of carbon per hectare per year thanks to the abundant and perennial leaf surface;
• it has a strong ability to counteract air and soil pollution: with its roots, bamboo transforms pollutants (including nitrogen) into biomass;
• it is ideal for the consolidation and reforestation of the land, in fact, thanks to its roots formed by rhizomes and rootlets that do not weigh down the soil, it prevents landslides and landslides
• it has an excellent ability to retain water, thus avoiding, in the event of heavy rain, dangerous swellings of streams and rivers.
• it boasts a remarkable resistance to fires: in the green state it is hardly combustible and even if its aerial part is burned and its rhizomatous character guarantees
• it the ability to regenerate new reeds every year;
• it is an excellent natural barrier against dust, wind and noise.