1. Edible Portion: Shoots, Vegetable Running bamboo. A bamboo. It grows 12-22 m high and spreads 9-30 m wide. The culms can be 8-18 cm thick. The stemsare velvety grey when young. They become green or yellow with age. The leaves are 5-12 cm long by 0.5-2 cm wide. Theyoung shoots are edible....