Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Schizostachyum brachycladum - Sacred Bali Bamboo

Edible Portion: Shoots

An erect bamboo. It forms dense clumps. It grows about 10-20 m high and 5-10 cm across the stem. The shoots are smooth and with shorter internodes than Schizostachyum lima. They are 20-50 cm long. The sheaths stay on the stem and have reddish hairs. The leaves are sword shaped and hairy underneath.