Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Pseudosasa japonica - Arrow Bamboo, Hardy bamboo
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Edible Portion: Seeds, Stem, Cereal, Shoots
A bamboo. It can grow 3.5-4.5 m high. The canes are olive green. The leaves are large and ribbon shaped. They are glossy but rough and whitened underneath. They are 20-25 cm long and 2.5-5 cm wide. The stems have brownish sheaths attached.