Question

What is significant with regard to flowering in bamboo? Why?

Answer 1

Bamboos are grasses belonging to the family Gramineae. The significant things with regard to flowering in bamboo is that flowering bamboo always dies after seed setting. This is because bamboos exhibit monocarpic flowering behaviour. Death after flowering is a peculiar characteristic of monocarpic flowering and it is observed in members of the grass family. Thus, bamboo plants flower only once in their life cycle.