Spiny Bamboo. Spiny bamboo (Bambusa blumeana)

Family: Poaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

A Tropical/Subtropical densely clumping bamboo. Leaves are lance-shaped and on average 10-20 cm long and 12-25 mm wide. Shoots are edible and consumed as a vegetable.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Young shoots are eaten as a vegetable, usually boiled and shredded. The young shoots are harvested as they emerge from the soil. — Young shoots are eaten as a vegetable, usually boiled and shredded.; The young shoots are harvested as they emerge from the soil.

Habitat & North American Range

Often found on heavy soils and on marginal land at elevations up to 300 metres, it grows well along river banks, hill slopes and freshwater creeks and tolerates flooding. (Zone 10)