Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Phyllostachys nigra - Black Bamboo, Purple Bamboo
Edible Portion: Shoots
A large bamboo grass. It grows 1.5-3 m high and spreads 1.8-3 m wide. It can be 10-15 m tall and spread 6-15 m wide. It forms clumps. The canes arch over. The canes are green in the first year then turn mottled to almost black. The canes are hollow and can be 3 cm thick.