| kakushun chiku (China & Japan), known as phyllostachys aurea | |
| kalbang (Phillippines), known as schizostachyum textorium | |
| kamuro zasa (Japan), known as pleioblastus viridi-stratus | |
| kan chiku (China & Japan), known as chimonobambusa marmorea | |
| kan chiku chigo (China & Japan), known as chimonobambusa marmorea variegata | |
| kanzan chiku (Japan), known as pleioblastus hindsii | |
| karail, known as dendrocalamus strictus | |
| kashiro dake (Japan), known as phyllostachys bambusoides kashirodake | |
| katahada azuma nezasa (Japan, Suzuki), known as pleioblastus chino | |
| katu una (Sri Lanka), known as bambusa bambos | |
| kauayan China (Phillippines), known as bambusa multiplex | |
| kauayan kiling (Phillippines), known as bambusa vulgaris | |
| kauayan kiling striated (Phillippines), known as bambusa vulgaris vittata | |
| kauayan tinik (Phillippines), known as bambusa blumeana | |
| kawa take (Japan, Suzuki), known as pleioblastus simonii | |
| kayin wae, known as melocanna baccifera | |
| kei chiku (China & Japan), known as phyllostachys makinoi | |
| kene zasa (Japan), known as pleioblastus variegatus | |
| keoroshima chiku (Japan), known as pleioblastus pygmaeus | |
| khakchat dun (Thailand), known as melocanna baccifera | |
| kikko chiku (China & Japan), known as phyllostachys heterocycla | |
| kimmei chiku (Japan, Suzuki), known as phyllostachys bambusoides castillonis | |
| kimmei moso chiku (Japan, Suzuki), known as phyllostachys heterocycla nabeshimana | |
| kin chiku (Japan, Suzuki), known as phyllostachys bambusoides holochrysa | |
| kinki zasa (Japan, Suzuki), known as sasa veitchii | |
| kinmei chiku (Japan), known as phyllostachys bambusoides castillonis | |
| kinmei moso (Japan), known as phyllostachys heterocycla nabeshimana | |
| kinshi chiku zasa (Japan, Suzuki), known as bambusa vulgaris vittata | |
| kintai zasa (Japan), known as sasa megalophylla nobilis | |
| kiyosumi medake (Japan, Suzuki), known as pleioblastus simonii | |
| kobano nemagari (Japan, Suzuki), known as sasa kurilensis | |
| kobanotsukushi zasa (Japan, Suzuki), known as sasa veitchii | |
| kokuma zasa (Japan, Suzuki), known as sasa veitchii | |
| konshima dake (Japan, Suzuki), known as phyllostachys bambusoides sub-variegata | |
| koon yam chuk, known as bambusa multiplex riviereorum | |
| korai zasa (Japan, Suzuki), known as sasa kurilensis | |
| koshinai zasa (Japan, Suzuki), known as sasa palmata | |
| kozan chiku (China & Japan), known as phyllostachys aurea | |
| kozumadake (China & Japan) | |
| kuma narihira (China & Japan), known as semiarundinaria fortis | |
| kuma zasa (Japan), known as sasa veitchii | |
| kuma zasa fuiri (Japan), known as sasa veitchii fuiri | |
| kuma zasa kisuji chugoku (Japan), known as sasa veitchii higuchiana | |
| kumasaca, known as shibataea kumasaca | |
| kumatorihokuetsu zasa (Japan, Suzuki), known as sasa veitchii | |
| kumatoriotagi zasa (Japan, Suzuki), known as sasa tsuboiana | |
| kure dake (China & Japan), known as phyllostachys aurea | |
| kure take (Japan, Suzuki), known as phyllostachys aurea | |
| kuro chiku (China & Japan), known as phyllostachys nigra | |
| kyathauny-wa, known as bambusa polymorpha |