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Phyllostachys atrovaginata is a running bamboo with strongly tapered, stiff, upright culms. It may reveal a fragrant scent during warm weather or when vigorously rubbed. [1] The common name of "Incense bamboo" comes from the unique aroma. [2] Its culms grow large in diameter relative to height.
Bamboo can be found in the whole of Myanmar but the bamboo shoots from the two northernmost regions (Kachin State and Sagaing Region) are soft and good in taste. The bamboo shoots are then boiled in water after which they can be cooked with curry powder, rice powder, and other ingredients such as snakehead fish and basil leaves. A small amount ...
Phyllostachys (/ ˌ f ɪ l oʊ ˈ s t æ k ɪ s,-l ə-,-ˈ s t eɪ-/ [2] [3]) is a genus of Asian bamboo in the grass family. [4] [5] [6] Many of the species are found in central and southern China, with a few species in northern Indochina and in the Himalayas. Some of the species have become naturalized in parts of Asia, South America ...
Common names include Sander's dracaena, ribbon dracaena, lucky bamboo, curly bamboo, Chinese water bamboo, Goddess of Mercy's plant, Belgian evergreen. [4] It is also called ribbon plant , although the same common name is sometimes used for Chlorophytum comosum (also known as the spider plant ).
Phyllostachys bambusoides is a "running" (monopodial type) evergreen bamboo [1] which can reach a height of roughly 20 m (66 ft) and a diameter of 10 cm (3.9 in). The culms are dark green, with a thin wall that thickens with maturity, and very straight, with long internodes and two distinctive rings at the node. [2]
Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. [3] [4] [5] Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in the case of Dendrocalamus sinicus having individual stalks reaching a length of 46 meters (151 ft), up to 36 centimeters (14 in) in thickness and a weight of up to 450 kilograms ...
Phyllostachys heteroclada, the fishscale bamboo, [1] also known as "water bamboo", is a running bamboo. The water bamboo name comes from the air canals in the rhizomes and roots that allow this bamboo to grow in more saturated conditions as compared to similar species. This species can also have abrupt kinks at the base of the culms. Maximum ...
Nandina domestica (/ n æ n ˈ d iː n ə / nan-DEE-nə) [a] [b] [c] commonly known as nandina, heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, native to eastern Asia from the Himalayas to Japan. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Nandina.