Uses Of Arundo donax

Arundo donax is used for several purpose which includes:

• Plants are grown alongside irrigation canals to check soil erosion
• The plant can be grown as a windbreak screen. If cut down, the culms branch and in this form the plants can be used as a hedge
• The leaves can be woven into mats etc, whilst the split and flattened stems are used to make screens, walls of houses etc.
• A yellow dye is obtained from the pollen.
• The stems of the plant have a multitude of applications. They are used as plant supports for vines and other climbing plants and to make clarinets, bag-pipes etc. They are also used as pipe stems, for roofing, to make screens, walking sticks and in basketry. They are used to make the reeds of clarinets and organ pipes.
• The fibre from the stems can be used to make a good quality paper.
• Because of rather high yields from natural stands, the plant has been suggested as a source of biomass for energy production
• A particular type of cellulose is obtained from the plant. In Italy, the plant is used in the manufacture of rayon.

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