Species Common Name Quality Rating

Acidosasa edulis Delicious (5/5)

Acidosasa Iingchuanensis Edible (3/5)

Bambusa balcooa Female Bamboo Good (4/5)

Bambusa bambos Giant Thorny Bamboo Edible (3/5)

Bambusa beecheyana Beechey Bamboo Good (4/5)

Bambusa blumeana Spiny Bamboo Good (4/5)

Bambusa gibboides Good (4/5)

Bambusa polymorpha Burmese Bamboo Good (4/5)

Bambusa tulda Bengal Bamboo Good (4/5)

Bambusa tuldoides Punting Pole Bamboo Good (4/5)

Bambusa vulgaris Common Bamboo Edible (3/5)

Chimonobambusa communis Good (4/5)

Chimonobambusa macrophylla Delicious (5/5)

Chimonobambusa marmorea Marbled Bamboo Delicious (5/5)

Chimonobambusa pachystachys Delicious (5/5)

Chimonobambusa puberula Delicious (5/5)

Chimonobambusa
Square Bamboo Delicious (5/5)
quadrangularis

Chimonobambusa rigidula Delicious (5/5)

Chimonobambusa
Delicious (5/5)
szechuanensis

Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda Walking Stick Bamboo Delicious (5/5)

Chimonobambusa utilis Good (4/5)

Chimonocalamus delicatus Aromatic bamboo Delicious (5/5)

Dendrocalamus asper Rough Bamboo Good (4/5)

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Dendrocalamus brandisii Velvet Leaf Bamboo Good (4/5)

Dendrocalamus giganteus Giant Bamboo Good (4/5)

Dendrocalamus latiflorus Taiwan Giant Bamboo Good (4/5)

Dendrocalamus latiflorus 'Mei-

Good (4/5)
Nung'

Dendrocalamus membranaceus Waya Bamboo Edible (3/5)

Dendrocalamus strictus Male Bamboo Edible (3/5)

Fargesia robusta Umbrella Bamboo Edible (3/5)

Gigantochloa atter Giant Atter Good (4/5)

Smooth Shoot
Gigantochloa levis Delicious (5/5)
Gigantochloa

Gigantochloa ligulata Good (4/5)

Gigantochloa nigrociliata Black Hair Giant Bamboo Good (4/5)

Gigantochloa pruriens Good (4/5)

Gigantochloa robusta Good (4/5)

Gigantochloa thoii Good (4/5)

Guadua sarcocarpa Fleshy Fruit Guadua Good (4/5)

Himalayacalamus falconeri Good (4/5)

Nastus elatus New Guinea Green Edible (3/5)

Oxytenanthera abyssinica African Lowland Bamboo Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys acuta Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys angusta Stone Bamboo Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys arcana Arcana Bamboo Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys atrovaginata Incense Bamboo Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys bambusoides Madake Bitter (2/5)

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Phyllostachys bambusoides f.
Edible (3/5)
shouzhu

Phyllostachys bissetii Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys circumpilis Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys concava Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys decora Beautiful Bamboo Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys dulcis Sweetshoot Bamboo Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys edulis Moso Bamboo Good (4/5)

Phyllostachys edulis f. edulis Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys elegans Elegant Bamboo Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys fimbriligula Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys flexuosa Zig-Zag Bamboo Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys glabrata Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys glauca Good (4/5)

Phyllostachys glauca var.

Edible (3/5)
variabilis

Phyllostachys heteroclada Water Bamboo Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys incarnata Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys iridescens Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys makinoi Makino Bamboo Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys meyeri Meyer’s Bamboo Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys mirabilis Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys nidularia Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys nidularia f. farcta Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys nidularia f. Edible (3/5)

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speciosa

Phyllostachys nidularia f.
Edible (3/5)
sulfurea

Phyllostachys nigella Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys nuda Nude Sheath Bamboo Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys parvifolia Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys platyglossa Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys praecox Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys praecox f. notata Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys praecox f.
Delicious (5/5)
viridisulcata

Phyllostachys prominens Good (4/5)

Phyllostachys propinqua Good (4/5)

Phyllostachys propinqua f.
Delicious (5/5)
lanuginose

Phyllostachys rivalis Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys robustiramea Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys rubella Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys rubromarginata Red Margin Bamboo Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys rutila Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys sapida Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys sulphurea f.
Good (4/5)
laqueata

Phyllostachys sulphurea f.
Good (4/5)
viridis
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Phyllostachys tianmuensis Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys viridiglaucescens Greenwax Golden Bamboo Edible (3/5)

Phyllostachys vivax Chinese Timber Bamboo Delicious (5/5)

Phyllostachys vivax
Yellow Groove Vivax Edible (3/5)
'Huangwenzhu'

Phyllostachys vivax f. Golden Chinese Timber

Edible (3/5)
aureocaulis Bamboo

Phyllostachys yunhoensis Delicious (5/5)

Pleioblastus hindsii Edible (3/5)

Sasa kurilensis Chishima Zasa Good (4/5)

Sasaella masamuneana Edible (3/5)

Thamnocalamus aristatus Edible (3/5)

Thyrsostachys siamensis Monastery Bamboo Good (4/5)

Yushania maling Good (4/5)