On 25 November 2021, Ipoh City Watch will welcome the Ambassador of Germany to Malaysia, HE Dr. Peter Blomeyer who is making a week long visit to Ipoh.
During his visit to Kinta Heights, we will invite HE Dr. Peter to plant a tree there to commemorate his visit. The tree selected is a bamboo tree.
Earlier this year, 4 trees have been planted here at Kinta Heights which include 2 Brazilian Iron Trees and 2 Tecoma Trees.
The visit by HE Dr. Peter Blomeyer is to meet the President of Ipoh City Watch to discuss about environmental and low carbon emission efforts undertaken by Ipoh City Watch. During His Excellency visit to Ipoh City Watch at Kinta Heights, we will showcase some of our works done over the past 6 years.
Welcome. Selamat Datang. Willkomen HE Dr. Peter Blomeyer.
About Bamboo Tree:
Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants in the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, but it probably comes from the Dutch or Portuguese language, which originally borrowed it from Malay or Kannada.
In bamboo, as in other grasses, the internodal regions of the stem are usually hollow and the vascular bundles in the cross-section are scattered throughout the stem instead of in a cylindrical arrangement. The dicotyledonous woody xylem is also absent. The absence of secondary growth wood causes the stems of monocots, including the palms and large bamboos, to be columnar rather than tapering.
Bamboos include some of the fastest-growing plants in the world, due to a unique rhizome-dependent system. Certain species of bamboo can grow 910 mm (36 in) within a 24-hour period, at a rate of almost 40 mm (11⁄2 in) an hour (equivalent to 1 mm every 90 seconds). This rapid growth and tolerance for marginal land, make bamboo a good candidate for afforestation, carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation.
Bamboos are of notable economic and cultural significance in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, being used for building materials, as a food source, and as a versatile raw product. Bamboo, like wood, is a natural composite material with a high strength-to-weight ratio useful for structures. Bamboo's strength-to-weight ratio is similar to timber, and its strength is generally similar to a strong softwood or hardwood timber.
