Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo. The stems can be trailing or climbing. They are 7-8 m long and 1 cm across. The leaves are oblong to swordshaped and 18-23 cm long. The flowers are clustered at the nodes. The spikelets have 5-6 fertile florets.
Edible Portion: Shoots An erect straggling bamboo. It grows 18 m high. The stems have no spines. The leaves are small. The spikelets are denselycovered with rather stiff or bristly hairs. The keels of the flowers have a prominent line of hairs.
Edible Portion: Shoots A densely tufted bamboo. The culms or stems are erect but can curve outwards at the top. They are 15-25 m tall. They are 7.5-15 cm across. They are greyish green when mature. The internodes are 60-100 cm long. The nodes are thickened. There arebranches from the nodes in the...
Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo. It grows 15-24 cm tall. The stems are 8-14 cm across. The tips are slightly drooping. The internodes are 20-26 cmlong. There is usually only one branches at the lower nodes. The leaf blade is 7-17 cm long by 1-2 cm wide.
Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo. It is spiny. The stalks are 15-24 m high. The internodes are 25-40 cm long. They are 8-15 cm wide. The leave arenarrow and sword shaped. They are 10-25 cm long and 2 cm wide.
Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo. It grows 10 m high. The internodes are 20-25 cm long. The stems are 4-6 cm across. The leaves are sword shapedand 20-25 cm long by 3 cm wide.
Edible Portion: Seeds, Shoots, Cereal A bamboo. It grows 13-15 m high. The culms are 2-5 cm across. The internodes are 25-40 cm long. It is green but becomesyellow with age. The leaves are 9-30 cm long and 5-11 mm wide. The flowering shoots are in a round brownish head. Theseeds are brown and...
Edible Portion: Flowers An evergreen palm. It grows 3-8 m tall. It grows as a clump of stems. The stems can be 1-6 cm across. The crown has 3-6large leaves. Male and female flowers are on separate plants.
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 3leaves on the furthest branch. The leaf blade is narrowly oval and 5-19 cm long by 1-2 cm wide.