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Table 1 The chemical composition of some bamboo species

From: Prospect of bamboo as a renewable textile fiber, historical overview, labeling, controversies and regulation

Bamboo species

Holocellulose (%)

Alpha-cellulose (%)

Lignin (%)

Ash (%)

Sources

Bambusa blumeana

65.7–72.6

40.3–45.1

20.5–22.7

–

Latif and Liese (1995); Liese and Tang (2015)

Bambusa heterostachya

68.8–79.5

–

19.7–23.1

2.7–5.27

Latif et al. (1996)

Bambusa stenostachya

68.5–76.2

–

20.7–25.2

2.08–2.7

Chang et al. (2013)

Bambusa vulgaris

67.8–69.6

37.9–43.2

22.7–23.9

1.8–2.1

Latif and Liese (1995); Liese and Tang (2015)

Dendrocalamus asper

61.9–75.2

–

18.5–29.0

1.7–5.6

Prasetya (1996)

Gigantochloa brang

79.94

51.58

24.83

1.25

Wahab et al. (2013)

Gigantochloa levis

85.08

33.80

26.50

1.29

Wahab et al. (2013)

G. levis

63.5–67.2

36.2–42.5

23.3–26.6

1.4–1.9

Latif and Liese (1995); Liese and Tang (2015)

Gigantochloa scortechinni

74.62

46.87

32.55

2.83

Wahab et al. (2013)

G. scortechinni

66.8–68.1

40.5–41.4

24.9–27.9

1.1–1.4

Latif and Liese (1995); Liese and Tang (2015)

Gigantochloa wrayi

84.53

37.66

30.04

0.88

Wahab et al. (2013)

Phyllostachy pubescens

71.4

47.00

22.8

1.5

Li et al. (2007)

P. pubescens

68.6–73.8

46.08–47.9

21.26–23.95

1.26–1.95

Li (2004)

Schizostachyum zollingeri

68.8–74.3

48.7–52.6

22.1–22.9

–

Latif and Liese (1995); Liese and Tang (2015)