Arundinaria faberi
Rendle
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
A bamboo. It grows 1-3 m tall. The stems are 3-6 mm across. The internodes are green and often have purple spots. They are 15-20 cm long. There are 2-4 leaves on the end branches. They are 3-9 cm long by 1 cm wide.
Edible Uses
The shoots are very commonly eaten, either boiled or cooked in stir fry dishes.
Traditional Uses
The shoots are boiled and eaten or cooked in stir fry dishes.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in subalpine confier forests between 2,300-3,500 m above sea level. It grows in Sichuan and Yunnan in China.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Himalayas, Tibet,
Production
In Yunnan the shoots are harvested in July and August.
Other Information
The shoots are very commonly eaten.
Also Known As
Sunzi
References (1)
- Ju, Y., et al, 2013, Eating from the wild: diversity of wild edible plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la region, Yunnan, China, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethno medicine 9:28
