Bamboo seeds are nutrient rich and replace paddy in many tribal villages of western ghats and the north east. In fact the protein content of Bamboo seed is higher than that of rice and wheat. Other than protein the rice also has carbohydrates, vitamins A, B1, B2, B3 and B6, minerals calcium, iron and phosphorus, and fibre. This makes the rice highly nutritive especially to small children because of the immediate release of energy it gives.