Phyllostachys bambusoides, commonly called madake, giant timber bamboo, or Japanese timber bamboo, is a species of flowering plant in the bamboo subfamily of the grass family Poaceae, native to China, and possibly also to Japan.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Giant Timber Bamboo being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Phyllostachys nigra
- Phyllostachys sulphurea
- Bambusa oldhamii
- Phyllostachys aureosulcata
- Phyllostachys vivax
- Phyllostachys edulis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Phyllostachys
- Species
- Phyllostachys reticulata
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