Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Phyllostachys pubescens - Moso Bamboo, Hairy Bamboo

Edible Portion: Shoots, Vegetable

Running bamboo. A bamboo. It grows 12-22 m high and spreads 9-30 m wide. The culms can be 8-18 cm thick. The stems are velvety grey when young. They become green or yellow with age. The leaves are 5-12 cm long by 0.5-2 cm wide. The young shoots are edible. Phyllostachys hetracycla pubescens is a Chinese runner bamboo. Probably Phylostachys edulis.