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Sasa palmata E.G.Camus

Broadleaf bamboo (en), Bambou palmé (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Sasa

Characteristics

Short with rhizomes extensively running, sometimes forming large stands but not dense clumps. Culm 1-3 m, permanently light green and ± concolorous or very strongly mottled and blotched dark purplish brown. Culm-sheath glaucous-white when young, at maturity obscuring much of the culm. Branches only from upper nodes. Leaf-sheath without oral bristles. Ligule 2-3 mm, truncate, densely puberulent. Leaf-blade ± horizontal, (10)-14-38 × (2)-4-9 cm, elliptic, narrowly ovate-elliptic, or lanceolate-elliptic, abaxially glaucous or glaucescent, glabrous, tessellate, adaxially shining deep green. Inflorescence of small panicles, each composed of a few short racemes, 2-4 cm. Spikelets 10-14 mm, 5-10-flowered. Lemmas 10-14 mm, tessellate.
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A bamboo. It grows 2 m tall. The canes are thin. The leaves are 45 cm long and 8 cm wide. They are usually clustered near the tips of the canes.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 1.75 - 2.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It can tolerate cold to-21°C.
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Woodlands and damp hollows.
Light 2-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

The leaves are used to wrap salted fish and rice. They add flavour to the dish.
Uses environmental use
Edible leaves 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°) -20
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Sasa palmata habit picture by Bernadette Gaspardel (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Sasa palmata leaf picture by tony rogers (cc-by-sa)
Sasa palmata leaf picture by Michelle (cc-by-sa)
Sasa palmata leaf picture by Martin Sanford (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Sasa palmata world distribution map, present in Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:420437-1
WFO ID wfo-0000897361
COL ID 79P93
BDTFX ID 51026
INPN ID 120878
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Sasa paniculata f. nebulosa Bambusa palmata Sasa australis Sasa austrokurilensis Sasa basihirsuta Sasa consentanea Sasa dewaensis Sasa effusa Sasa granditectoria Sasa inequilateralis Sasa koshinaiana Sasa latitectoria Sasa linearifolia Sasa lingulata Sasa macrophylla Sasa maruyamana Sasa muratana Sasa ontakensis Sasa paludosa Sasa pseudobrachyphylla Sasa quelpaertensis Sasa sattosasa Sasa smectica Sasa soyensis Sasa suprapilosa Sasa yosaensis Sasa yoshikawana Arundinaria palmata Sasa nakasiretokensis Sasa stereophylla Sasa tectoria Arundinaria paniculata f. nebulosa Sasa amplissima Sasa cernua f. nebulosa Sasa brachyphylla Sasa chimakisasa Sasa chokaiensis Sasa gracillima f. linearifolia Sasa epitrichoides Sasa nebulosa Sasa niijimai Sasa palmata f. australis Sasa palmata f. linearifolia Sasa senanensis f. nebulosa Sasa shikotanensis Sasa shimabarensis Sasa yagiana Sasa palmata f. kurokawana Sasa palmata f. yosaensis Sasa palmata f. niijimai Sasa nebulosa Bambusa senanensis var. ontakensis Sasa cernua var. nebulosa Sasa chimakisasa var. yosaensis Sasa inequilateralis var. villosa Sasa kurilensis var. nebulosa Sasa palmata subsp. nebulosa Sasa palmata var. nebulosa Sasa palmata var. niijimae Sasa palmata var. yosaensis Sasa paniculata var. nebulosa Sasa paniculata var. ontakensis Sasa senanensis var. nebulosa Sasa senanensis var. ontakensis Sasa shikotanensis var. pseudobrachyphylla Sasa veitchii var. basihirsuta Bambusa palmata f. nebulosa Bambusa ontakensis Sasa palmata f. nebulosa Sasa palmata f. yoshikawana Sasa palmata f. palmata Sasa palmata var. palmata Sasa palmata var. niijimai Sasa koshinaiana var. lasionodosa Sasa palmata var. hiijimae Sasa tectorius var. inequilateralis Pseudosasa kurilensis var. nebulosa Sasa palmata
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