Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Andean 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
- Chusquea quila
- Rhipidocladum pittieri
- Bambusa multiplex
- Phyllostachys nigra
- Bambusa pachinensis
- Cathariostachys madagascariensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Chusquea
- Species
- Chusquea scandens
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