EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -In the Philippines, an endemic bamboo species called Bayog, (Bambusa spinosa) has long been used for construction traditionally.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bambusa vulgaris is used for construction of houses, huts, boats, fences, props and furniture; as raw material for paper pulp; shoots are rarely used as a vegetable or as livestock fodder (although toxic effects to horses noted by Barbosa et al.