>>2711357I lived in the jungle, bamboo is survival on easy mode. It's got a bunch of unique properties, any of which would individually make it valuable.
>hardnessIf fire hardened property it's VERY hard. You can drill into other wood with it, make adze heads with it, use it as a spear or stake, it's incredibly wear resistant so you can use it as rails or a veneer, it's low friction so you could use it as a non load bearing axle like a water wheel or windmill. You can sew with it or use it as a awl, it's better than bone.
>splits into flat piecesForget building anything with any other material. Use bamboo as decking, to weave walls and roofs, use it as planks, you can weave it into armour. Make baskets, use it as wicker. It doesn't rot either so it's invaluable as a light building material
>strong fibre that doesn't rotIf you prepare bamboo correctly you can use it as a self hardening tie. Better than zip ties. So you can tie your bamboo frame with bamboo to hold a bamboo roof tied with bamboo, to support a water mill made of bamboo with a bamboo axle.
>hollowMake a pot, a kettle, a jug, ferment food in it, protect dry goods in it. Use it as a water weight, use the hollowness as a kind of carpentry join, plug one bamboo into another. Make a bamboo gutter or aquifer. I've seen kilomiter long aqueducts made with nothing but bamboo. Even having PVC they prefer bamboo because it's UV resistant and more durable, it's easier to work with.
>water sourceIn the jungle clean water is very hard to find, many bamboos store potable water and you can just drill into them
>barbed wireThere's a few evil bamboos with thorns, you can use them as barbed wire. Great for penning animals where you don't have a solid fence.
>rattatan Solid bamboo, super light, hard and strong handles and wicker. A rarratan spear is a deadly weapon, possibly the best wood in the world for a lot of applications.
>leaves are non toxicYou can use bamboo leaves for farming
