Moso bamboo
Phyllostachys edulis
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Phyllostachys edulis
- Group
- Monocotyledon
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Continent
- Asia
- Habitat
- Forest, Mountains
- Form
- Grass
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Flower colour
- Inconspicuous
- Blooms in
- Never blooms
- Use
- Food, Timber, Fibre
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Moso bamboo can grow up to about 90 centimetres in a single day, among the fastest growth of any plant.
- It flowers very rarely, only once in several decades, and the plants often die afterwards.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q1330347 · All plants · All entries