Cane Vs Bamboo. Its resemblance to bamboo permits their combination in buildings though Arundo is more flexible. Therefore an easy way to check if your furniture is rattan or bamboo is to see if any of the canes are curved or.
A Tall Tough Plant River cane is a type of bamboo a group of plants belonging to the grass family. Bamboos are tropical grassy plants with evergreen leaves. There are hundreds of species of bamboos.
Bamboo is more brittle than cane and can only be used as flooring and roofing material.
Whats more you can extract sugar from sugar cane but not from bamboo. There are several sites on the web where you can study the taxonomic differences between river cane and Asian bamboo although it should be noted that a species of Japanese bamboo is very closely related to US river cane based on both taxonomic and molecular studies. Rattan is solid while Bamboo has a. Bamboos are tropical grassy plants with evergreen leaves.