Fargesia dulcicula

Botanical Description

Fargesia dulcicula is an evergreen, clump-forming bamboo with short rhizomes and erect, woody stems around 3 - 4 metres tall. The stems are around 10 - 18mm in diameter, thick-walled, with internodes around 20 - 25cm 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