DENDROCALAMUS giganteus: 30m x 25cm, -2°C GIANT BAMBOO - Another of the worlds largest bamboos, culms are thick walled at the base and used for constriction, water pipes, buckets, weaving, boat masts & paper production etc. The cooked shoots are creamy & tender but not widely used except by Vietnamese who know the species as M[AJ]NG T[OO]NG.