Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Phyllostachys dulcis - Sweet Shoot Bamboo
Edible Portion: Shoots, Vegetable
A vigourous bamboo. A running bamboo. It grows 8-12 m high and spreads 9-12 m wide. The culms are green and arch. They can be 8 cm thick. The internodes are compact and the nodes can be thicker on the leaning face.