Dendrocalamus latiflorus

Botanical Description

Sweet bamboo is a densely tufted, sympodial, evergreen bamboo. Its culm is erect with a pendulous tip, growing 14 - 25 metres tall[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is widely cultivated in southern China and elsewhere in tropical Asia for its edible young shoots[ 301 Title Cornucopia II Publication Author Facciola. S. Publisher Kampong Publications, California. Year 1998 ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 Description The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc. ]. There is a considerable international trade, especially to Japan, also to N. America, Europe and other areas of Asia[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is also cultivated as an ornamental in some areas[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].