Bambusa distegia

Botanical Description

Bambusa distegia is an evergreen, clump-forming bamboo with a short rhizome; the erect, thick-walled, woody stems grow around 5 - 10 metres tall, 30 - 50mm in diameter wall around 5 - 8mm thick, with internodes around 20 - 50cm 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 source of material for weaving.