Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis (Mitford) Rendle

Variety

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Characteristics

Culms remaining green. Culm-sheath purple or purple-flushed, concolorous. Branches green.
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A bamboo. It grows 10-14 m high. The middle internodes are 34 cm long. They are green.
Culms remaining consistently green.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 6.0
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In central China it is cultivated on hillsides below 1,400 m. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Fertile and moist places, also by streams. Open forests on slopes; at elevations around 1,200 metres.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

The shoots are cooked and eaten. The cooking water is changed.
Uses afforestation medicinal
Edible shoots stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis world distribution map, present in China, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77189090-1
WFO ID wfo-0000890513
COL ID 5QPPM
BDTFX ID 121845
INPN ID 789366
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Synonyms

Arundinaria fauriei Bambusa puberula Phyllostachys guizhouensis Phyllostachys montana Phyllostachys newinii Phyllostachys puberula Phyllostachys stauntonii Bambusa henonis Bambusa tsintsik Phyllostachys fauriei Phyllostachys nigra f. henonis Bambos hatsik Phyllostachys kwangsiensis var. stauntonii Phyllostachys nevinii var. hupehensis Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis Phyllostachys nigra var. puberula Phyllostachys diversifolia Phyllostachys henonis Phyllostachys henryi