Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Phyllostachys vivax - Elegant Bamboo, Vivax Bamboo, Smooth
Edible Portion: Shoots
A large bamboo. It grows 9-18 m high and spreads 6-18 m wide. The culms are 10 cm thick. They are thin walled. The internodes are 25-35 cm long. There are 2 or 3 leaves on the last branch. The leaf blades are 9-18 cm long by 1-2 cm wide.