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)
