It is native to Yunnan, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and naturalised in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia.

Like other types of bamboo, Thyrsostachys siamensis is valued as a food and in Thailand is commonly canned.

Culm sheath is yellowish green in young plants turns straw colored when mature.

Photoautrophic growth was studied by Nguyen for bamboo shoots cultured with and without sugar and different photoperiods on the agar medium.

The shoots grown under photoautrophic conditions weighed more and produced more new leaves.