1. Edible Portion: Shoots, Seeds A bamboo. It grows 2-4 m tall. The culms are 0.5-2 cm across. The internodes are 15-18 cm long. There are 9-14 branches ateach node. There are 2 or 3 leaves at the last branch. The leaf blade is 6-10 cm long by 5-13 mm wide.
  2. Edible Portion: Shoots A tall bamboo. It grows 12-22 m high. It forms many tillers. It can be green or black. The stems are 5-10 cm across. Theleaves are sword shaped and narrowed at the base. The side are unequal. They are 15-30 cm long by 2-6 cm wide. Theflowering shoots have many branches....
  3. Edible Portion: Shoots A slender bamboo. It has many tillers. It grows 6-10 m tall. The stems are thin and green. The tops are drooping. The nodesare swollen and have a ring of hairs around them. The joints are 35-50 cm long. The stems are 3-5 cm across. The leaves arenarrowly sword shaped and...
  4. Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo. It grows 20-40 m high. It forms many tillers. The stems can be 25 cm thick. They have drooping tops. They arelight green and have yellow stripes. The leaves are broadly sword shaped. They are 13-45 cm long by 2-7 cm wide.
  5. Edible Portion: Seeds, Cereal, Shoots A bamboo. It grows 6 m tall. It grows in clumps and keeps growing from year to year. The stems are 5-9 m long and 2-4 cmwide. The internodes are 15-20 cm long. The culm sheaths are 30-40 cm long. The leaf blades are narrowly sword shaped and15-30 cm long by...
  6. Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo. It grows 4-6 m tall. The stems are 1-1.5 cm across. The internodes are 30-40 cm long. The leaves are narrow orsword shaped and 9-15 cm long and 1 cm wide.
  7. Edible Portion: Seeds, Shoots A bamboo or rattan. It forms clumps and is scrambling. It grows 10-15 m tall or longer. The stalks are slightly zigzag shapedand 1.5 cm across. The internodes are 20-30 cm long. The leaves are sword shaped. The flowering shoots are large. Theseeds are large and...
  8. Edible Portion: Fruit, Seeds, Cereal, Shoots An evergreen bamboo. The culms are single and spread 60 cm apart. They come from a long creeping rhizome. They arebright green and 8-15 m long by 4-6 cm wide. The internodes are 30-50 cm long. The walls are thin. They are about 6 mmthick. The culm...
  9. Edible Portion: Shoots, Growing Tip A bamboo. It grows up to about 5 m tall and has canes about 3 cm across. There are several woody light coloured stems. Itforms thick clumps which are hard to penetrate. The leaves are 20-50 cm long by 6-10 cm wide and rounded at the base. Theleaves are light...
  10. Edible Portion: Shoots A bamboo.