Fargesia orbiculata
T. P. Yi
Chang yuan qiao jian zhu
PoaceaeShoots
What to Eat
Edible parts: Shoots
The shoots are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows in Yunnan in China at about 3,800 m altitude.
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. It grows 4-6 m high. The culms are 1-2.5 cm across. The internodes are 28-40 cm long. There are 5-18 branches at each node. There are 2-3 leaves on the last branch. The leaves are 5-8 cm long by 1 cm wide.
References (2)
- Flora of China. Vol. 22, p 78 and Flora of China. www.eFloras.org
- J. Bamboo Res. 7(2): 22. 1988
