Fargesia utilis
T. P. Yi
San ba zhu
PoaceaeShoots
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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 between 2,700-3,700 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 m tall and the culms are 1.5-2.5 cm across. The internodes are 15-17 cm long. There are 7-18 branches at each node. There are 1 or 2 leaves at the last branch. The leaf blade is 4-10 cm long by 5-10 mm wide.
References (3)
- Flora of China. Vol. 22, p 79 and Flora of China. www.eFloras.org
- J. Bamboo Res. 7(2): 28. 1988
- Yang, Y., et al, A review of bamboo resources in Yunnan, China www.bioversityinternational.org
