Phyllostachys rubromarginata

Bamboo

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Not known

Family: Poaceae
Height: 8 m / 27 ft
Sun, Semi-shade
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 3 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 0 of 5
Other Uses: 2 of 5

Native Habitat

Reddish bamboo Phyllostachys rubromarginata native habitat is Not known

Edible Uses

Young shoots - cooked. They have a small degree of acridity when raw but this is removed if they are boiled in water, they are then eaten in salads etc. The shoots, which are about 35mm in diameter, are harvested in the spring when they are about 8cm above the ground, cutting them about 5cm below soil level.