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(First upload on December 25 2009. Last on November 28 2022) [ 日本語 | English ]

Phyllostachys heterocycla (Carrière) Matsum.






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

Phyllostachys Sieb. et Zucc. (マダケ)
Mousouchiku (モウソウチク, 孟宗竹), Moso bamboo
Most popular, edible bamboo shoots. Rarely flowering
Lifeform (生活型): evergreen bamboo
Distribution: Native to China (imported to Japan). The northern limit of Japan is Matsumae in Hokkaido
Habitat: forming bamboo grove, originally from transplantation
Utilization: edible (young shoots), materials for baskets, blinds, and chopsticks
Synonyms:

Phyllostachys edulis (Carrière) Houz., adopted by YList
Phyllostachys heterocycla (Carrière) Matsum. var. pubescens (Mazel ex Houz.) Ohwi

Phyllostachys heterocycla (Carrière) Matsum. f. pubescens (Mazel ex Houz.) Muroi
Phyllostachys pubescens Mazel ex Houz.

var. pubescens Ohwi f. nabeshimana Muroi (キンメイモウソウチク) (syn. cv. nabeshimana)
f. subcombexa Miatsum. (ブツメンチク)
cv. kikko-chiku (キッコウチク), tortoiseshell bamboo
Synonyms:

Phyllostachys edulis (Carriére) Houz. cv. kikko-chiku
Phyllostachys pubescens Mazel ex Houz. var. heterocycla (Carriére) Houz.

cv. aureo-variegata (シマモウソウ)

Phyllostachys heterocycla (モウソウチク) in Japan


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[1] leaves. [2] shoots. [3] the bases of shoots. [1-3] at Rakuju-en Garden, Mishima, on November 18 2009. [4] a bamboo grove on the slope of Mount Yatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 5 2013.


f. subcombexa Miatsum. (ブツメンチク)

Distribution: China
Habitat: cultivated in Japan
Use: gardening, edible (young shoot)
Synonyms:

Phyllostachys edulis (Carriére) Heuz. f. subcombexa Miatsum.

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

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