Phyllostachys elegans
McClure
Flowered bamboo, Chinese elegant bamboo
Poaceae Edible: Shoots
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Description
A bamboo. It grows 4-8 m tall. The stems are 3 cm across. The internodes are 12-15 cm long. There are 2 or 3 leaves on the last branch. The leaf blades are 5-12 cm long by 1-2 cm wide.
Edible Uses
The young shoots are eaten.
Traditional Uses
The young shoots are eaten.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows on slopes in forests at about 600 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Asia, China,
Production
It is one of the first bamboos to send up new shoots in the spring.
References (4)
- Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 46
- http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/sorting/Bamboos_Edible.html
- J. Arnold Arbor. 37:183. 1956
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 647
