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  • Phyllostachys nigra 
                                  
              Also known as Black bamboo.

It is one of the most popular bamboos, both for the black culm and the plumed masses of small leaves.

Diameter 2-5 cm, Young culm green, thickly pruinose and covered with setae. with black specks gradually appearing   in autumn and winter, and whole culm turning dark purple; sheath light (red) brown hair; sheath auricles developed, dark purple; sheath blade green , triangular, somewhat rugose. 

An excellent ornamental bamboo species
.  Culm hard, tough, used as fishing rod, and  walking stick, good for making musical instruments. Shoot edible.

Mature height: generally 15 to 20  feet.

Fully hardy bamboo plants , -22 ¡ãC ( -8 ¡ãF).

  

        
 Big potted plants                    (Phy.nigra) Black bamboo nursery