Phyllostachys edulis

Phyllostachys edulis
Bamboo forest
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Phyllostachys
Species:	P. edulis
Binomial name
Phyllostachys edulis (Carrière) J.Houz., 1906

Bamboo shoots

Phyllostachys edulis, or moso bamboo, is a temperate species of giant timber bamboo native to China. The edulis part of the Latin name is a reference to the fact that it produces edible shoots. This bamboo can reach heights of up to 28 m (92 ft).

Synonyms include: Phyllostachys pubescens Mazel ex J.Houz., P. heterocycla (Carrière) Mitford., P. mitis Auctt. non Rivière. & C. Rivière., Bambusa edulis Carrière, B. heterocycla Carrière).

Ecology

Polyporus phyllostachydis (Sotome, T. Hatt. & Kakish.), is a fungus species, known from Japan, that grows on the ground on the living or dead roots of the Phyllostachys heterocycla bamboo.

Varieties

var. bicolor

• Phyllostachys edulis 'Bicolor'
• Phyllostachys edulis 'Kikko' or 'Kikko-Chiku' (Syn.: Phyllostachys edulis var. heterocycla)
• Phyllostachys edulis 'Subconvexa' (Syn.: Phyllostachys heterocycla f. subconvexa, Phyllostachys pubescens 'Subconvexa')
• Phyllostachys edulis 'Nabeshimana', (Syn.: Phyllostachys heterocycla f. nabeshimana, Phyllostachys pubescens f. luteosulcata)

Biochemistry

Chlorogenic acid can be found in P. edulis as well as three other structural isomeric chlorogenic acid derivatives, 3-O-(3‘-methylcaffeoyl)quinic acid, 5-O-caffeoyl-4-methylquinic acid, and 3-O-caffeoyl-1-methylquinic acid (C₁₇H₂₀O₉, exact mass : 368.110732).