Poaceae

No botanical uses.

BAMBOOS
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
04236168
Georgia: Savannah, Barbour Lathrop Plant Introduction
Garden (USDA). Cultivated; PI 77010, from Anhwei Province,
China. A small monopodial bamboo with stiff, cylindrical,
upright, thick-walled culms, large drooping leaves, and
numerous small branches which are acutely ascending. The
culms are used as the source of sticks for hanging up
noodles. Their smoothness and stiffness fits them for
this purpose. The young shoots are not eaten.
May 29, 1942
F. A. McClure
21058
Elev. 21 ft.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
From THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
04236168