Bambusa vulgaris: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
bitu	Unknown	Fiji Islands	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
common bamboo	English	Pacific islands	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
feathery bamboo	English	Hawaiian Islands	Stone, C. P./Smith, C. W./Tunison, J. T. (eds.) (1993) (p. 538)
feathery bamboo	English	Pacific islands	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
kaho palangi	Niuean	Niue Island	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 234)	"The second word of each of the Niuean names given here denotes the fact that people connect it with Europeans, the inference being that it was introduced by them." (p. 234)
kaho papalangi	Niuean	Niue Island	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 234)	"The second word of each of the Niuean names given here denotes the fact that people connect it with Europeans, the inference being that it was introduced by them." (p. 234)
kaibaba	Unknown	Kiribati (Republic of)	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
kofe	Tongan	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 52)	"Two different varieties are recognized by the Tongans: a green-stemmed form called kofe, and one with yellow stems called pitu."
kofe	Unknown	Tuvalu Islands	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
‘ofe	Samoan	Samoa	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 479)
‘ofe fiti	Samoan	Samoa	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 479)	PT@PhilipT.com/20190215
ofe Fiti	Unknown	Samoa	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
pampu	Unknown	Tuvalu Islands	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
pitu	Tongan	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 52)	"Two different varieties are recognized by the Tongans: a green-stemmed form called kofe, and one with yellow stems called pitu."
pitu	Unknown	Tonga Islands	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)

Language/Location/Common name

Language	Location	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
English	Hawaiian Islands	feathery bamboo	Stone, C. P./Smith, C. W./Tunison, J. T. (eds.) (1993) (p. 538)
English	Pacific islands	common bamboo	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
English	Pacific islands	feathery bamboo	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Niuean	Niue Island	kaho palangi	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 234)	"The second word of each of the Niuean names given here denotes the fact that people connect it with Europeans, the inference being that it was introduced by them." (p. 234)
Niuean	Niue Island	kaho papalangi	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 234)	"The second word of each of the Niuean names given here denotes the fact that people connect it with Europeans, the inference being that it was introduced by them." (p. 234)
Samoan	Samoa	‘ofe	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 479)
Samoan	Samoa	‘ofe fiti	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 479)	PT@PhilipT.com/20190215
Tongan	Tonga Islands	kofe	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 52)	"Two different varieties are recognized by the Tongans: a green-stemmed form called kofe, and one with yellow stems called pitu."
Tongan	Tonga Islands	pitu	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 52)	"Two different varieties are recognized by the Tongans: a green-stemmed form called kofe, and one with yellow stems called pitu."
Unknown	Fiji Islands	bitu	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Unknown	Kiribati (Republic of)	kaibaba	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Unknown	Samoa	ofe Fiti	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Unknown	Tonga Islands	pitu	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Unknown	Tuvalu Islands	kofe	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Unknown	Tuvalu Islands	pampu	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)

Location/Language/Common name

Location	Language	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Fiji Islands	Unknown	bitu	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Hawaiian Islands	English	feathery bamboo	Stone, C. P./Smith, C. W./Tunison, J. T. (eds.) (1993) (p. 538)
Kiribati (Republic of)	Unknown	kaibaba	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Niue Island	Niuean	kaho palangi	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 234)	"The second word of each of the Niuean names given here denotes the fact that people connect it with Europeans, the inference being that it was introduced by them." (p. 234)
Niue Island	Niuean	kaho papalangi	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 234)	"The second word of each of the Niuean names given here denotes the fact that people connect it with Europeans, the inference being that it was introduced by them." (p. 234)
Pacific islands	English	common bamboo	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Pacific islands	English	feathery bamboo	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Samoa	Samoan	‘ofe	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 479)
Samoa	Samoan	‘ofe fiti	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 479)	PT@PhilipT.com/20190215
Samoa	Unknown	ofe Fiti	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Tonga Islands	Tongan	kofe	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 52)	"Two different varieties are recognized by the Tongans: a green-stemmed form called kofe, and one with yellow stems called pitu."
Tonga Islands	Tongan	pitu	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 52)	"Two different varieties are recognized by the Tongans: a green-stemmed form called kofe, and one with yellow stems called pitu."
Tonga Islands	Unknown	pitu	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Tuvalu Islands	Unknown	kofe	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Tuvalu Islands	Unknown	pampu	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)

Language/Common name/Location

Language	Common name	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
English	common bamboo	Pacific islands	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
English	feathery bamboo	Hawaiian Islands	Stone, C. P./Smith, C. W./Tunison, J. T. (eds.) (1993) (p. 538)
English	feathery bamboo	Pacific islands	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Niuean	kaho palangi	Niue Island	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 234)	"The second word of each of the Niuean names given here denotes the fact that people connect it with Europeans, the inference being that it was introduced by them." (p. 234)
Niuean	kaho papalangi	Niue Island	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 234)	"The second word of each of the Niuean names given here denotes the fact that people connect it with Europeans, the inference being that it was introduced by them." (p. 234)
Samoan	‘ofe	Samoa	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 479)
Samoan	‘ofe fiti	Samoa	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 479)	PT@PhilipT.com/20190215
Tongan	kofe	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 52)	"Two different varieties are recognized by the Tongans: a green-stemmed form called kofe, and one with yellow stems called pitu."
Tongan	pitu	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 52)	"Two different varieties are recognized by the Tongans: a green-stemmed form called kofe, and one with yellow stems called pitu."
Unknown	bitu	Fiji Islands	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Unknown	kaibaba	Kiribati (Republic of)	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Unknown	kofe	Tuvalu Islands	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Unknown	ofe Fiti	Samoa	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Unknown	pampu	Tuvalu Islands	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)
Unknown	pitu	Tonga Islands	Permanent Agriculture Resources (2000) (p. 51)

This page was created on 30 SEP 2005 by PT for PIER, and was last updated on 26 Feb 2019 by PIER.