在马德拉斯邦,牡竹(Dendrocalamus strictus)和箣竹(Bambusa arundinacea)是两种重要的商品用竹。牡竹分布较广,特别在干旱落叶林里相当普遍;而箣竹对土壤的水分条件要求较高,多半沿着溪流两岸生长,在干旱落叶林中的零星小片的湿润土地上,也有分布。箣竹居森林下层,常呈单纯林层,有时和其它落叶树种混交,伹它常常将牡竹完全排挤出去。 In Madras State, Dendrocalamus strictus and Bambusa arundinacea are two important commercial bamboo species. Mud broad distribution, especially in the dry deciduous forest is quite common; and mulberry bamboo soil moisture requirements are higher, mostly along the streams grow in the dry deciduous forest sporadic patches of moist land, there are distribution.箣 bamboo habitat in the lower reaches of the forest, often a simple layer of forest, sometimes mixed with other deciduous trees, 伹 it often completely out of the bamboo out.