Bamboo

Jim Brandenburg

National Geographic

The giant grass, the poor man's timber, bamboo may be the world's most useful plant. Whether as artwork in Kyoto, scaffolding in Hong Kong or a crossbow in the jungles of Thailand, bamboo is part of every Asian's life.

Jim Brandenburg, "Bamboo," in POYi Archive, Item #10375, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/10375 (accessed April 21, 2025).