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(First upload on April 14 2011. Last on December 12 2022) [ 日本語 | English ]

Phyllostachys bambusoides Siebold et Zucc.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Phyllostachys Sieb. et Zucc. (マダケ)
P. bambusoides Siebold et Zucc.
Madake (マダケ, 真竹), giant timber bamboo, Japanese timber bamboo or madake
Lifeform (生活型): evergreen bamboo with 10-20 m high
Distribution: China - Japan (south to Honshu)
Habitat: gravel ground, e.g., riversides
Use: edible (young shoots), hedge, bamboo work, etc.
Synonyms:

Phyllostachys reticulata (Rupr.) K. Koch

The sepcies shown below are considered to be cultivars:
 var. holochrysa Pfitzer ex Houz. de Leh. (オウゴンチク), cf. Schizostachyum brachycladum (Kurz) Kurz
var. castillonis (Mitford) Muroi (キンメイチク), syn. P. sulphurea (Carriére) A. et C.Riviére
var. castilloni-inversa Houz de Leh. (ギンメイチク)
var. marliacea Makino (シボチク)
f. geniculata (Nakai) Muroi (ムツオレダケ, 六折竹), syn. cv. geniculata
f. kashirodake Makino (カシロダケ)
f. katashibo Muroi (カタシボチク)
f. subvariegata Makino ex. Tsuboi (コンシマダケ)
f. albo-variegata (Makino) Muroi (オキナダケ)
 Separated from P. bambusoides:
var. aurea (Sieb.) Makino (ホテイチク) = P. aurea Carrière ex A. et C. Riviere

cv usanchiku (ウサンチク) = P. takemurai Muroi or P. aurea f. takemurai Muroi

索引

Phyllostachys nigra in Japan

var. castilloni-inversa Houz de Leh. (ギンメイチク), syn. cv. castilloni-inversa

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] in the bamboo and dwarf bamboo garden of Kyoto Botanical Gardens, western Japan, on September 18 2022.

f. geniculata (Nakai) Muroi (ムツオレダケ, 六折竹), syn. cv. geniculata

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] in the bamboo and dwarf bamboo garden of Kyoto Botanical Gardens, western Japan, on September 18 2022.

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