Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Acidosasa chinensis - Chinese Sour Bamboo
Edible Portion: Shoots
A bamboo. It grows 8 m tall. The stems are 305 cm across. The leaf blades are sword shaped and 16-22 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped and there are teeth along the edge. The flowering branches are at the top and are 10-26 cm long. There are 3-5 spikelets.