''Guadua angustifolia'' also known as the Colombian timber bamboo and Colombian giant thorny, is a species of clumping bamboo in the grass family

Poaceae Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivate ...

. It is found from Central to South America. It has a long flowering cycle, estimated to be between 30 and 35 years.

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angustifolia Taxa named by Carl Sigismund Kunth {{Bamboo-stub