Poaceae FAMILY
Bambusa flexuosa
Bambusa flexuosa
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Bambusa flexuosa is an evergreen, clump-forming, bamboo with erect canes 2 - 10 metres tall. The thorny canes are 35 - 60mm in diameter with internodes 20 - 30cm 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 grown as an animal-excluding hedge and also as an ornamental.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam.
HabitatHills and river banks[ 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. ].