structure as compared with other bamboo species,
i.e. it comprised parenchyma ground tissue and
vascular bundles. Liese and Grosser (2000) found
that the vascular bundles of bamboo generally
consisted of phloem, two metaxylem vessels and
the protoxylem with attached sclerenchyma
sheaths (fiber bundles or fiber stands) and the
bundle type depended on the species. Sweet
bamboo vascular bundle type was a mix between
type III and IV. It consisted of two parts or three
parts of the central vascular strand with four
smaller sclerenchyma sheaths and one (type III)
or two (type IV) isolated fiber bundles which were
located at the phloem (type III) or the phloem and
protoxylem side (type IV).