Bambusa basihirsuta
Bambusa basihirsuta McClure, Lingnan Univ. Sci. Bull. No. 9, 1940: 6.
Synonyms: Sinocalamus basihirsutus (McClure) W. T. Lin; Dendrocalamopsis basihirsuta (McClure) Q. F. Zheng & Y. M. Lin; Bambusa prasina T. H. Wen; Dendrocalamopsis prasina (T. H. Wen) Keng f.
Thai name: No known records.
Chinese name: 扁竹 (bian zhu).
English name: Pin Bamboo.
Distribution: THAILAND: introduced, in cultivation, rare. — CHINA (South, East): Guangdong, Zhejiang; in the lowlands.
Culm size: Height 7–12 m, diameter 6–9 cm.
Descriptions: Kew GrassBase [#1335]. Flora of China [#1303].
Uses: Shoots are very bitter and not used for food. Plants for screening and landscaping.
Comments: Flowers are known, seeds unknown.
Bambusa basihirsuta (BS-0448): Apex of a young culm-leaf (left), culms (right)
Specimen: BS-0448 [S6] (living plant), received from cultivated stock from the USA, June 2010.
Characteristics: Culm-internodes initially thickly white powdery, sparsely hispid, thin-walled. Culm-nodes unbranched on the lower culm, without aerial roots. Branches many, 3 dominant. Culm-leaves deciduous. Culm-leaf sheaths initially brown spinous-hairy, becoming smooth. Culm-leaf auricles unequal, ciliate, the larger one about 5 mm, the smaller about 3 mm. Culm-leaf ligule about 2 mm high, ciliate. Culm-leaf blade erect. Foliage-leaf sheaths initially hispid. Foliage-leaf ligule about 1 mm high. Foliage-leaf auricles almost round; oral hairs few. Foliage-leaf blades medium-sized, 13–25 cm long, 2.5–5 cm wide, glabrous.
Cultivation requirements: Grows in part shade to full sun, sandy loam to clay loam, normal moisture-retentive to moist soil with good drainage.