Bambusa tulda Roxb.

Culms to 14 m, 7–8 cm in diam., apically slightly drooping; internodes 30–35 cm, initially white powdery, lower internodes slightly flexuose, basal internodes often with 2 or 3 faint yellow stripes; wall very thick; nodes with rings of gray-white silky hairs below and above sheath scar, basal nodes with short aerial roots; branching from ca. 4th node up. Branches many, clustered, central 3 dominant. Culm sheaths deciduous, usually less than 1/2 as wide as long at base, leathery, densely stiffly dull brown strigose, apex subtruncate; auricles unequal, not slanted downward along sheath margin, 1.5–2.5 × 1.3–1.5 cm, one tall and ovate, one low and oblong, undulate, wrinkled; oral setae long, undulate; ligule ca. 5 mm, dentate, shortly fimbriate; blade erect, slightly asymmetrical, broadly triangular, base slightly narrowed and joined to auricles for ca. 1 cm, nearly 3/4 width of sheath apex, both surfaces stiffly pale hairy, apex acutely acuminate. Leaf blade broadly linear or linear-lanceolate, 15–19 × 1.4–1.7 cm, abaxially pale gray, densely villous, adaxially deep green, glabrous. Inflorescence unknown from China.

Mixed deciduous forest in plains, valleys, and along streams, up to elevations of 1,500 metres. Common on flat alluvial land along streams in the mixed deciduous forests and along the banks of dry water-courses in Myanmar.

The young shoots are boiled and eaten. The water is changed. They are also used in soup. They are also pickled. The harvested young shoots can be stored for 8-10 days. They are also dried for future use.

They can be grown from branch or culm cuttings. They can also be grown from seed. Seeds only remain viable for about one month unless dried. Seeds germinate in about 8 weeks. Seeds after germination produce a stem in about one month. Seedlings can be ready to plant out in 18-20 weeks.