Dendrocalamus calostachyus
(Kurz) Kurz
PoaceaeShoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Shoots
The young shoots are harvested and eaten as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Asia, Indochina, Laos, SE Asia,
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 tropical bamboo species in the Poaceae family.
Names & Synonyms
Xyoob tuam tswm dawb pob
Bambusa calostachya KurzSinocalamus calostachyus (Kurz) Keng f.
References (1)
- Whitney, C. W., et al, 2014, Conservation and Ethnobotanical Knowledge of a Hmong Community in Long Lan, Luang Prabang, Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 12:643-658
