According to the FAO in 2010, bamboo covers more than 31 million hectares of forestland around the world, and more than 60% of it is located in China, Brazil, and India, while it is abundant in other countries on three continents, namely, Asia, Latin America, and Africa moreover, bamboo covers more than 0.8% of the forest area in the world. Bamboos are used in almost 1500 commercial goods, which are utilized in many ways, from construction materials, food profiling, and musical instruments to the production of paper pulp, fencing, basketry, water pipes, utensils, bicycles, bridges, and low-rise housing. Characteristics, such as fast growth, high biomass, and yield in a short time and high efficiency in few years, have allowed bamboo to be identified as a superior herb, which is categorized as a nontimber forest product (NTFP) plant. These woody-stemmed grass species are known as some of the fastest growing plants in the world, and one native plant in Asia plays an important economic role in the livelihoods of local people living in this area. Bamboo can be the most important economic resource for local people of this area.
Bamboo, in the Poaceae family and the Bambusoideae subfamily, is one of the most abundant plants in tropical and subtropical regions between 46°N and 47°S.
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