Fargesia pleniculmis
(Handel-Mazzetti) T. P. Yi
Zhou ke jian zhu
PoaceaeShoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Shoots
The tender shoots are boiled or stir-fried.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows in Yunnan in China between 2,500-3,000 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 1-3 cm across. The internodes are 24-30 cm long. There are 7-15 branches at each node. There are 1-3 leaves at the last branch. The leaf blades are 4-8 cm long by 5-8 mm wide.
Names & Synonyms
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Arundinaria pleniculmis Handel-Mazzetti
References (3)
- Cheng, Z., et al, 2022, Ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants used by Dulong people in northwestern Yunnan, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2022) 18:3
- Flora of China. Vol. 22, p 89 and Flora of China. www.eFloras.org
- J. Bamboo Res. 7(2): 113. 1988
