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Today I take a look at the bamboo, one of the most fast growing species on earth. It is used in construction as well as Asian art such as drawings and paintings made with ink.  Origin: Mostly warm, tropical regions, especially East Asia Type: Woody evergreen grass Height: Up to 30 m Edible: Yes Medical: Yes Merchandise: Yes Technical: Yes Apart from rice, no other plant has played such a big role in the history of China and the East as bamboo. You can eat the young shoots, it has been used in almost all areas of life, as well as in paintings, writing and other cultural forms. It is found in Japanese paintings and it was these paintings that inspired Claude Monet in his impressionistic art form.  There are about 1.400 species of bamboo in the world. They are used to different conditions, mountains to plains, but hardly grow on limestone soils, dry deserts or swamps. As far back as 2.000 years ago bamboo played an important role in all areas of Chinese culture. The Chinese carve...