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| feet meters |
max diam inch cm |
min temp °F °C |
shade sun 5=full sun |
Comments - Description | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDOCALAMUS | Small, running bamboos from China with large, broad leaves; similar to Sasa but with non-prominent culm nodes. | |||||||||
| I. latifolius |
10 | 0.5 | -5 | 3 | Similar to I. tessellatus, leaves about a foot long. | A6 B8 C1 C4 C6 D0 D3 D8 E4 E6 F0 F5 F6 G4 G9 H2 H4 I0 I1 I7 J8 K0 L4 L7 M1 M2 M3 M9 | ||||
| 3 | 1.3 | -21 | ||||||||
| I. longiauritus |
5 | 0.3 | -5 | 3 | Culms hairy below the nodes; prominent auricles and oral setae. | C6 D0 D3 E7 F5 I0 J6 K0 M2 M4 | ||||
| 2 | 0.8 | -21 | ||||||||
| I. sp. 'Hamadae' |
15 | 0.6 | -5 | 3 | The only Japanese Indocalamus. Culms taller and thicker than I. tessellatus, branches commonly not 1 but 3. The large leaves were used for wrapping rice balls. Native to Kyushu. | B8 D0 D4 D8 E6 F5 G9 K0 M2 | ||||
| 5 | 1.5 | -21 | ||||||||
| I. sp. 'Solidus' |
8 | 0.4 | -5 | 3 | Culms solid, leaves only 8 to 10 inches long. Species not known. | A6 B3 B8 C4 D0 D2 F5 F6 G4 G8 H2 I7 I9 J5 J7 J8 K0 L4 L9 M1 M2 M4 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | -21 | ||||||||
| I. tessellatus |
7 | 0.5 | -15 | 3-5 | Usually less than 4 feet tall, it can reach 10ft and has the largest leaves of any bamboo in cultivation, up to 26 inches by 5 inches. Adapts easily to growing in pots. Does well in shade or sun. | A5 A6 B3 B8 C0 C1 C2 C4 C6 D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D8 E1 E5 E6 E7 F0 F1 F3 F5 F6 F9 G1 G4 G8 G9 H0 H1 H2 H4 H5 H7 H8 I0 I1 I5 I6 I7 I8 I9 J3 J4 J5 J7 J8 K0 K2 K8 L4 L5 L7 M0 M1 M2 M3 M4 M9 N1 | ||||
| 2 | 1.3 | -26 | ||||||||
| feet meters |
max diam inch cm |
min temp °F °C |
shade sun 5=full sun |
Comments - Description | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDOSASA | A group of mid-size running bamboos from southern China and Vietnam. | |||||||||
| I. crassiflora |
20 | 1.6 | Culm wall thick, nearly solid. Glabrous, slightly pruinose. | D0 D3 F5 | ||||||
| 6 | 4.1 | |||||||||
| I. gigantea |
50 | 4 | From south China. Also known as Acidosasa gigantea. | |||||||
| 15 | 10.2 | |||||||||
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