Phyllostachys aurea

Bamboo

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Woodland.

Family: Poaceae
Height: 6 m / 20 ft
Semi-shade
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 5 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 0 of 5
Other Uses: 3 of 5

Native Habitat

Golden Bamboo, Fishpole Bamboo Phyllostachys aurea native habitat is Woodland.

Edible Uses

Young shoots - cooked. They can also be eaten raw and have very little bitterness. They are said to be the sweetest of the genus. The canes are about 15mm in diameter. In China, the new canes are 2 - 5cm in diameter. The shoots are harvested in the spring when about 8cm above the ground, cutting them about 5cm below soil level. Seed - raw or cooked. The seed is only produced at intervals of several years, it can be eaten in all the ways that rice s used and can also be ground into a flour and used as a cereal.