| English name: Swollennoded cane bamboo height 6 m , diameter 1-3 cm , internode 10-25 cm. Internodes near base almost solid ; sheath annulus strongly convex like two closed trays ; sheath annulus with residual sheath ,with brown setae when young ; sheath purplish red , or purple with a greenish hue , caducous , with brown tubercular setae between veins on its back and dense cilia on its edge ; no sheath auricles , cilia 2-3 mm long , ligule 1-1.3 mm high , circularly arcuate , with dense short pubescence ; sheath blade erect , 5-17 mmlong ; 3 branches at each node , leaves narrow lanceolate . shoot period april . An ornamental species . culm used as walking stick and for making handicrafts . Qingzhu walking sticks sole all over the world . shoot thick in flesh , crisp and delicious . most of them are processed into dried shoot , and exported .
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