Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Gigantochloa albociliata
Edible : Shoots, Vegetable,
A densely tufted bamboo. It grows 2-10 m tall. The stems are 2-7 cm across. It can shed its leaves during the dry season. The internodes are 20-35 cm long. There are several unequal branches at a node. The leaf blade is 15-20 cm long by 2-3 cm wide.
A tropical plant. It grows in tropical rainforests between 500-800 m above sea level in Yunnan in China. In Thailand it grows between 150-800 m above sea level.
Common names : White-fringed gigantochloa, Bai mao ju zhu, Laix, Maihoushuan, Phai khai, Phai-rai, Phai-ruaklek, Russei khlei, Wa-hpyu-ka-le,
Synonyms :
Dendrocalamus albociliata (Munro) J. L. Sun;
Oxytenanthera albociliata Munro;
Pseudotenanthera albociliata (Munro) R. B. Majumdar;
Pseudotenanthera albociliata (Munro) T. Q. Nguyen;
Pseudotenanthera albociliata (Munro) R. B. Majumdar;