Bamboo is also called bamboo. There are many varieties, such as Phyllostachys pubescens, Dendrocalamus latiflorus, Dendrocalamus lanceolatus and so on. Perennial Gramineae Bambusoideae, whose stems are mostly woody and herbaceous, are most concentrated in tropical and subtropical regions, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean and Pacific islands. There are many kinds, some as low as grass and some as high as trees, which grow rapidly. Bamboo is the fastest growing plant in the world. It is very tough, and many materials are also made of bamboo. Usually it grows by creeping roots underground, and it can also be propagated by flowering and seed setting. Seeds are called bamboo rice. Some kinds of bamboo shoots are edible. Bamboo sticks are tall and straight, slender, evergreen all the year round and proud of first frost, which is deeply loved by the people of China. With Mei, Lan and Ju, they are also called "four gentlemen in flowers", and with Mei and Song, they are also called "three friends in cold years". Since ancient literati, many people have loved bamboo. Many bamboos originated in China, and are also known as cultural relics symbols of China.
Bamboo is a tall tree-like herb. There are more than 70 genera and 1000 species recorded, but many of them are synonyms. Bamboo is a tall and fast-growing herb with woody stems. Distributed in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions. The islands of East Asia, Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean are the most concentrated and have the most kinds. The aboveground stems of bamboo are woody and hollow (we call them bamboo stems), which are made up of underground stems (rhizomes) of bamboo.
Bamboo is a fast-growing herb. Its bamboo leaves are narrow and lanceolate, 7.5 ~ 16 cm long and 1 ~ 2 cm wide. Its top is tapered, its base is blunt, and its petiole is about 5 mm long. One side of the edge is smooth and the other side is rough with small serrations. Parallel veins, 6 ~ 8 pairs of secondary veins, small transverse veins are very significant; The leaves are dark green, hairless, the back is lighter, and the base is slightly hairy; Thin and brittle. The length of bamboo shoots is 10 ~ 30cm, and the number of green nodes in bamboo is generally between 10 ~ 15.