Dendrocalamus polypoides
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Kampung Bamboo
Kampung Bamboo
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Kampung Bamboo
Kampung Bamboo
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Kampung Bamboo
Kampung Bamboo
What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds, Shoots, Cereal
The young shoots are made into curries and pickles. The seeds are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Asia, Himalayas, India,
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 subtropical bamboo in the grass family (Poaceae) with edible young shoots and seeds.
Notes
There are about 29 Dendrocalamus species. Not in The Plant List.
References (3)
- BHARGAVA,
- Famine foods
- GUPTA, 1962, Some unusual and interesting food plants of the Garhwal Himalayas. Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique applique pp 532-535
