Bamboo poles can be made into brooms, and numerous other products, while the leaves provide raw materials for clothing and hats, and are used to bind glutinous rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival.
閩、粵一帶的人，喜把米放在竹筒內蒸熟，使得米飯帶著一股竹香，吃來別具風味。過去也有用竹桿作輸水管的，把山泉引到家中來使用。