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Natural fiber has several advantages compared to synthetic materials. The advantages of natural fiber include low prices, low density, renewable and biodegradable materials and not harmful to health. Many attempts were made to explore new natural fibers and the use of plant fibers by different industrial sectors, such as composites for automotive applications and to replace synthetic fibers. Bamboo is one of the natural fibers that has many advantages.As a construction material, the use of bamboo for structural materials has good strength, easy to implement,low priceand environmentally friendly. Bamboo can be used in construction planning because based on its properties the mechanical strength of bamboo has a high tensile strength and high compressive strength so that it can be used for soil reinforcement. A good bamboo has a compressive strength and optimal tensile strength. As shown by the laboratory results, the relationship between tensile strength and compressive strength of bamboo is directly proportional to the results for Apus Bamboo which has a greater compressive strength than Javanese bamboo species which is 37.42 mpa for Apus Bamboo and 27.4 mpa for Javanese Bamboo. For tensile test results showed similar results, with Apus Bamboo having greater tensile strength on Javanese type bamboo which is 225.7 mpa for Apus bamboo and 43.76 mpa for Javanese type bamboo.