Black bamboo is a fast-growing plant that can grow up to 4 feet in a day, making it a great choice for quickly filling your garden with greenery. It is a type of grass with ebony-colored culms and ...

Doctors use the rhizome of the black bamboo, mixed with other plants, to treat kidney ailments, and they prescribe the plant's secretion, called tabasheer, for coughs and asthma. Tabasheer also ...

Blooms from this abundant plant occur about every 50 years. Here's why it causes a rat flood and, ultimately, famine in certain regions of the world.