Phyllostachys violascens
Riviere & C. Riviere
Early bamboo, Running bamboo
PoaceaeShoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Shoots
The shoots are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. In Yunnan.
Asia, Australia, China*,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, 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 8-10 cm tall. The culms are 4-6 cm across. The internodes are 15-25 cm long. There are 2 or 3 leaves on the last branch. The leaf blade is 6-18 cm long by 1-2 cm wide.
Other Information
It produces shoots early. It is cultivated.
Notes
There are about 80 Phyllostachys species.
Names & Synonyms
Violet bamboo, Zao zhu
Phyllostachys praecox C. D. Chu & C. S. Chao
References (10)
- Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18(2):18, 176. 1980 (As Phyllostachys praecox)
- Arora, R. K., 2014, Diversity in Underutilized Plant Species - An Asia-Pacific Perspective. Bioversity International. p 44 (As Phyllostachys praecox)
- Crawford, M., 2012, How to grow Perennial Vegetables. Green Books. p 75
- Hibbert, M., 2002, The Aussie Plant Finder 2002, Florilegium. p 232 (As Phyllostachys praecox)
- http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/sorting/Bamboos_Edible.html (As Phyllostachys praecox)
- Lu, B., et al, 2009, Effects of genetic variability, parts and seasons on the sterol content and composition in bamboo shoots. Food Chemistry 112: 1016-1021 (As Phyllostachys praecox)
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/econ.pl (10 April 2000) (As Phyllostachys praecox)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- www.guaduabamboo.com (As Phyllostachys praecox)
- Yang, Y., et al, A review of bamboo resources in Yunnan, China www.bioversityinternational.org (As Phyllostachys praecox)
