Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pseudosasa usawai 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
- Pseudosasa japonica
- Sasa palmata
- Phyllostachys makinoi
- Yushania niitakayamensis
- Phyllostachys nigra
- Sasa quelpaertensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Pseudosasa
- Species
- Pseudosasa usawai
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