Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Bambusa balcooa - Balku Bamboo, Baluka Bamboo

Edible Portion: Shoots, Vegetable

A densely tufted bamboo. The tip hangs over. The culm or stem is 17 m high. It can be 2.5-10 cm wide. The wall is 2 cm thick. The internodes or distance between joints is 20-45 cm long. Plants flower about every 35-45 years. The young shoot is blackish green. It is covered with blackish hairs. The leaf blade is oblong and 15-30 cm long by 2.5-5 cm wide. The flowering shoot can be 1 m long.