Bengal Bamboo. Spineless Indian bamboo (Bambusa tulda)

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

Bambusa tulda also know as Indian timber bamboo or Bengal Bamboo is native to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Tibet, and Yunnan, and naturalized in Iraq, Puerto Rico, and parts of South America. It prefers a tropical or subtropical climates. It is used extensively by the paper pulp industry in India and with near solid culms makes an excellent strong timber.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

taste slightly bitter, therefore they are often pickled. — The young shoots are edible but taste slightly bitter, therefore they are often pickled.; The young shoots are harvested as they emerge from the soil.

Habitat & North American Range

Mixed deciduous forest in plains, valleys, and along streams, up to elevations of 1,500 metres. Common on flat alluvial land along streams in the mixed deciduous forests and along the banks of dry water-courses in Myanmar. (Zone 10)