Phyllostachys bambusoides Siebold & Zucc.
- Habit
- Culms: Caespitose
- Culm Diameter: 1.2 - 1.8 cm
- Culm Internode Length: 20 - 30 cm
- Wall thickness: Thin-walled
- Height: 3 - 4 meter
- Identification Features: Culms yellow, smooth, Culm-nodes with distinct supra-nodal ridge, glabrous; Culm-sheaths deciduous, 15-25 cm long, chartaceous, truncate at apex; Leaves lanceolate or oblong, 7.5-10 cm long, 1.2-1.8 mm wide, mid-green and glaucous; Inflorescence consisting of multispiculate lanceolate spikes; Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
- Flowering Cycle: 120 years
- Distribution: India (Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim), China, Japan
- Uses: Edible shoots
Makade (Japan)
Synonym of Phyllostachys bambusoidesPhyllostachys reticulata (Rupr.) K.Koch, Bambos kinmeitsch Siebold, Bambos metake Siebold, Bambusa reticulata Rupr,Sinarundinaria reticulata (Rupr.) Ohwi, Phyllostachys bambusoides Siebold & Zucc, Phyllostachys macrantha Siebold & Zucc, Phyllostachys megastachya Steud, Bambusa castillonii Lat.-Marl, Phyllostachys castillonii (Lat.-Marl. ex Carrière) Mitford, Phyllostachys bambusoides var. castillonii (Marliac ex Carrière) Makino, Phyllostachys quilioi var. castillonii (Lat.-Marl. ex Carrière) J.Houz, Phyllostachys nigra var. castillonii (Lat.-Marl. ex Carrière) Bean, Phyllostachys reticulata var. castillonii (Lat.-Marl. ex Carrière)Makino, Phyllostachys bambusoides f. castillonii (Lat.-Marl. ex Carrière) T.P.Yi,Bambusa bifolia Siebold ex Munro,Bambusa duquilioi Carrière, Phyllostachys mazelii Rivière & C.Rivière, Bambusa mazelii Pradelle,Phyllostachys quilioi Rivière & C.Rivière, Phyllostachys quilioi f.mazelii (Rivière & C.Rivière) Schelle in L.Beissner, Phyllostachys bambusoides var. quilioi (Rivière & C.Rivière) E.G.Camus, Bambusa marliacea Mitford, Phyllostachys marliacea (Mitford) Mitford, Phyllostachys bambusoides var. marliacea (Mitford) Makino, Phyllostachys reticulata var. marliacea (Mitford) Makino,Phyllostachys quilioi var. marliacea (Mitford) Bean,Phyllostachys bambusoides f. marliacea (Mitford) Muroi, Phyllostachys bambusoides f. zitchiku Makino & Honda, Phyllostachys castillonii var. holochrysa Pfitzer,Phyllostachys bambusoides var. holochrysa (Pfitzer) E.G.Camus,Phyllostachys reticulata var. holochrysa (Pfitzer) Nakai,Phyllostachys bambusoides f. holochrysa (Pfitzer) Muroi, Phyllostachys quilioi var. castilloniholochrysa J.Houz,Phyllostachys bambusoides var. castilloni-holochrysa J.Houz, Phyllostachys bambusoides var. castilloni-inversa J.Houz.,Phyllostachys reticulata var. castilloni-inversa (J.Houz.) Nakai, Phyllostachys bambusoides f. castilloni-inversa (J.Houz.) Muroi, Phyllostachys bambusoides f. kashirodake Makino,Phyllostachys bambusoides subvar. kashirodake E.G.Camus,Phyllostachys bambusoides f. kawadana I.Tsuboi, Phyllostachys reticulata f. kawadana (I.Tsuboi) Makino & Nemoto, Phyllostachys bambusoides f. subvariegata I.Tsuboi, Phyllostachys bambusoides var. sulphurea I.Tsuboi, Phyllostachys bambusoides f. tanakae I.Tsuboi, Phyllostachys reticulata f. tanakae (I.Tsuboi) Makino & Nemoto, Phyllostachys makinoi f. tanakae (I.Tsuboi) H.Okamura, Phyllostachys lithophila Hayata, Phyllostachys bambusoides var. uniflora E.G.Camus,Phyllostachys reticulata f. geniculata Nakai,Phyllostachys bambusoides f. geniculata (Nakai) Muroi, Phyllostachys simonsonii Pilip. ex A.N.Vassiljeva,Phyllostachys bambusoides f. katashibo Muroi, Phyllostachys castillonii var. inversa A.H.Lawson, Phyllostachys bambusoides f. nigrostriata Muroi & H.Okamura, Phyllostachys bambusoides f. zigzag Muroi in H.Muroi & H.Okamura, Phyllostachys bambusoides f. lacrima-deae Keng f. & T.H.Wen,Phyllostachys bambusoides f. shouzhu T.P.Yi, Phyllostachys geniculata R.Stover, Phyllostachys pinyanensis T.H.Wen, Phyllostachys bambusoides f. mixta Z.P.Wang & N.X.Ma
Flowering Reported: Sikkim (1968) (Majumdar et al., 1985), Soviet sub-tropics (1961) Gregarious
Remarks: Reported from Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim. probably introduced.
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