Fargesia spathacea
Franchet
Giant panda bamboo
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Description
A bamboo. It grows 2-4 m tall. The culms are 0.5-2 cm across. The internodes are 15-18 cm long. There are 9-14 branches at each node. There are 2 or 3 leaves at the last branch. The leaf blade is 6-10 cm long by 5-13 mm wide.
Edible Uses
Both the young shoots and seeds are edible portions of this plant.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows in central China between 1,300-2,400 m altitude.
Where It Grows
Asia, China,
Synonyms
Arundinaria spathacea (Franchet) D. McClintockThamnocalamus spathaceus (Franchet) Soderstrom
Also Known As
Jian zhu
References (3)
- Flora of China. Vol. 22, p 83 and Flora of China. www.eFloras.org
- Hu, Shiu-ying, 2005, Food Plants of China. The Chinese University Press. p 290
- Wang, J., et al, 2020, An ethnobotanical survey of wild edible plants used by the Yi people of Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 16:10 p 8
