Bambusa variostriata (W.T.Lin) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung

Culms 5–12 m, 4–7 cm in diam., apically long pendulous; internodes initially with lilac stripes, 15–30 cm, initially pubescent; wall 8–10 mm thick; nodes flat; branching from culm base up. Branches many, main ones slightly dominant at mid-culm. Culm sheaths deciduous, leathery, with deciduous, yellow, spinous hairs; auricles slightly conspicuous, oblong; oral setae few, 4–6 mm; ligule 3–9 mm, entire or serrulate; blade erect, base ca. 1/2 as wide as sheath apex, adaxially hispid. Leaf sheaths subglabrous; ligule truncate, ca. 1 mm; auricles minute; oral setae few; blade narrowly lanceolate, 13–26 × 1.6–3 cm. Pseudospikelets 3–5 cm; bracts 3–5; florets 5 or 6 plus terminal sterile floret; rachilla not disarticulating, internodes 2–3 mm. Glumes 1, ca. 1 cm; lemma ca. 1.5 cm; palea ca. 1.5 cm; lodicules 3, 4–5 mm. Anthers ca. 7 mm. Ovary ovoid, ca. 2.5 mm; styles ca. 5 mm; stigmas 3. Caryopsis unknown.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in lowland hilly areas in southern China.

The shoots are cooked and eaten. They are not dried. They are slightly bitter.