Hedge Bamboo (Bambusa multiplex)

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

Form: Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Shoots

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

tasting, they are rarely eaten. — Young shoots - cooked.; Bitter tasting, they are rarely eaten.; They are less bitter if harvested before they emerge from the soil and then parboiled in water.

Habitat & North American Range

Open places at elevations of 200 - 1500 metres in Nepal. (Zone 8)