竹子是东南亚洲热带、亚热带和暖温带分布普遍、种类繁多、用途广泛的一类植物。竹子在我国长江流域和华南、西南都很多,它是南方山区的重要經济植物;就是在黄河流域南部的避風山谷中也有竹子生产。竹子的形态竹子是一年长大而可以生活很多年的木本性植物。有些竹子高达一、二十米,有些高却不到一米,有些竹子甚至是藤状的。絕大多数的竹子具有中空有节的茎, Bamboo is a widely distributed and widely used plant in the tropical, subtropical and warm temperate zones of Southeast Asia. Bamboo is abundant in the Yangtze River basin in China, south China, and southwest China. It is an important economic plant in the southern mountainous region; there is also bamboo production in sheltered valleys in the south of the Yellow River Basin. Form of bamboo Bamboo is a woody plant that grows in one year and can live for many years. Some bamboos are as high as one or twenty meters, some are less than one meter high, and some bamboos are even vine-like. Most bamboos have hollow stems.