Phyllostachys dulcis Mcclure

Culms to 10 m, 4–6 cm in diam.; internodes to 25 cm, initially thinly white powdery, becoming glaucous, usually obscurely streaked and spotted with yellow or orange in age; wall ca. 5 mm thick; nodal ridge moderately elevated, more prominent than sheath scar. Culm sheaths yellow or milky-white, faintly tinged with green or distally pale purple-red, sometimes with purple veins, sparsely small spotted, margins dark brown, sparsely retrorsely strigose; auricles green or purple-green, ovate to falcate; oral setae well developed; ligule pale purple-brown, arcuate, ciliolate; blade reflexed, purple-green, with yellow-green margins, linear, crinkled. Leaves 2 or 3 per ultimate branch; auricles and oral setae deciduous; ligule obviously exserted; blade 9–14 × 1.5–2.5 cm, abaxially puberulent especially proximally. New shoots late Apr. 2n = 48*.

It is a warm temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 7-10.

The new shoots are cooked and eaten. They are used in salads, soups, stews and stir-fried dishes. They can also be canned, salted or pickled.

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.