In addition to its prolific nature across Asia, the plant's overall attractive appearance (and ease of care) has seen this species introduced widely across South America and Africa (namely Kenya, Malawi and Ghana), as well as Mexico and Florida.

Changes in growth habit can potentially be due to warmer or colder climates, irrigation methods, higher or lower precipitation, chemical exposures, varying soil and substrate types, or just general transplant shock.

This timber bamboo has traditionally used as a building material for heavy construction because its culms are large diameter and very straight, and its young shoots are consumed as a vegetable.

The seed is very fragile and seedlings have a high mortality rate requiring considerable care and controlled environments in their first few weeks of growth.

EcoPlanet Bamboo[4] became the first entity to grow Dendrocalamus asper from seed with the development of a million plant nursery, the largest of its kind, focused on this species.

In 2015 EcoPlanet Bamboo became the first entity globally to grow the species commercially in a Public Private Partnership with the Ghana Forestry Commission.