Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Chimonobambusa purpurea - Black Thorny Bamboo
Edible Portion: Shoots
A bamboo. It grows 4-8 m tall. The culms are 2-5 cm across. The internodes are green and 18 cm long. There are 2 or 3 leaves on the furthest branch. The leaf blade is narrowly oval and 5-19 cm long by 1-2 cm wide.