Chimonobambusa ningnanica

Hsuesh f. & L. Z. Gao

Poaceae Edible: Shoots

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Description

A bamboo. It grows 10-14 m tall. The culms are 2-3 cm wide. The internodes can be 4 angled. They are 20 cm long. There are 3 leaves on the end branches. They are narrowly oval and 20-23 cm long by 2 cm wide.

Edible Uses

The shoots are eaten.

Distribution

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in broad-leaved forests between 1,600-2,200 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

Where It Grows

Asia, China,

Production

An edible shoot weighs between 0.1-0.5 kg.

Synonyms

Chimonobambusa yunnanensis Hsueh & W. P. Zhang

References (3)

Luo, B., et al, 2019, Wild edible plants collected by Hani from terraced rice paddy agroecosystem in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 15:56 (As Chimonobambusa yunnanensis)
Yang Yuming, Wang Kanglin, Pei Shengji, and Hao Jiming, 2004, Bamboo Diversity and Traditional Uses in Yunnan, China Mountain Research and Development, 24(2):157-165. 2004. (As Chimonobambusa yunnanensis)
Yang, Y., et al, A review of bamboo resources in Yunnan, China www.bioversityinternational.org (As Chimonobambusa yunnanensis)