Yushania alpina

Botanical Description

African alpine bamboo is an evergreen, clump-forming bamboo with erect culms that are usually not closely clustered and can be up to 20 metres tall; growing from a short rhizome that is up to 10cm thick. The culms, which are up to 12.5 cm in diameter, are yellowish at maturity, hollow, thick-walled, many-noded and profusely branched[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. African alpine bamboo has a wide range of uses and is commonly harvested from the wild. It is of high local importance throughout its range, and in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda there is a consistent small supply of bamboo material and products being sent to markets that are remote from the source areas. The plant is frequently cultivated for its stems[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].