Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Phyllostachys nigra - Black Bamboo, Purple Bamboo
Edible Portion: Shoots
A large bamboo grass. It grows 1.5-3 m high and spreads 1.8-3 m wide. It can be 10-15 m tall and spread 6-15 m wide. It forms clumps. The canes arch over. The canes are green in the first year then turn mottled to almost black. The canes are hollow and can be 3 cm thick.
Other names :
Bambu hitam cina, Hainan bamboo, Kuro-chiku, Whangee, Zi Zhu,
Arundinaria stolonifera Kurz;
Bambusa nigra Lodd. ex Lindl.;
Phyllostachys boryana Mitford;
Phyllostachys filifera Mc Clure;
Phyllostachys fulva Mitford;
Phyllostachys nana Rendle;
Phyllostachys nigra Munro var. nigra Bean;
Phyllostachys nigra Munro f. nigra Schelle;
Phyllostachys nigra - many forms and varieties.
Phyllostachys nigripes Hayata;
Phyllostachys nigropunctata Mitford;
Phyllostachys punctata (Bean) A. H. Lawson;
Sinoarundinaria nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Ohwi ex Mayeb.;