Fargesia adpressa
T. P. Yi
Tie mao jian zhu
PoaceaeShoots
What to Eat
Edible parts: Shoots
The shoots are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows at about 2,000 m altitude in western China. In Sichuan.
Asia, China,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A bamboo. The culms are 4-6 m tall. They are 2-3 cm across. It has a rhizome with a neck 4-6 cm across. The internodes are 35-40 cm long. They have a white powdery covering when young. There are many branches at each node. The leaf blades are 10-15 cm long by 1 cm wide.
Notes
The shoots are eaten by giant panda.
References (2)
- Flora of China. Vol. 22, p 90 and Flora of China. www.eFloras.org
- J. Bamboo Res. 4(2): 26, 1985,
