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During a study on biomass production and carbon storage in above ground woody biomass of the Bamboo (Melocanna baccifera) in Forest Research Institute campus, the culms showed both monopodial as well as sympodial characteristics and was thus categorized as amphipodial. The number of clumps was 200 ha-1 and average number of culms in a clump was 68 exluding dired, damaged ones and new shoots. The average clump diameter was 180.43 cm and average number of culms occurring as monopodial was 6502 ha-1. The biomass accumulation in above ground woody biomass is 52.45 Mg ha-1 and carbon storage 26.23 (tons/ha).