Yushania crassicollis

Botanical Description

Yushania crassicollis is an evergreen bamboo, spreading by rhizomes to form a wide cluster of erect, woody stems around 3 - 5 metres tall. The stems are thin walled, around 10 - 25mm in diameter and with internodes 15 - 24cm long[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of material for weaving.