Chimonobambusa puberula (Hsueh & T.P.Yi) T.H.Wen & Ohrnb.

Culms erect, 4–5 m, 1.5–2.5 cm in diam.; internodes terete or slightly 4-angled, (8–)15–17(–20) cm, initially puberulous; wall 2–5 mm; nodes with slightly conspicuous ridge, glabrous, glossy; sheath scar conspicuous, brown ciliate. Branches 3(–7) per node. Culm sheaths gradually deciduous, oblong-ovoid or triangular, truncate or arched, leathery, brown hirsute, margins brown hirsute; auricles absent; ligule truncate or arched, ca. 1 mm, glabrous; blade erect, triangular, 2–13 × 1–2 mm. Leaves (2 or)3(or 4) per ultimate branch; sheaths 3–4 cm, margins densely gray ciliate; auricles absent; oral setae 3–5, 3–5 mm; ligule truncate or arched, ca. 1 mm, rounded; blade lanceolate, (4.5–)10–15(–19) × (0.6–)1–1.6 cm, secondary veins (3 or)4-or 5(or 6)-paired. Inflorescence unknown. New shoots Oct.

It is a warm temperate plant. It grows in the hills in Guizhou in China between 1,200-1,500 m above sea level.

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.