Fargesia dulcicula T. P. Yi

The shoots are edible and are one of the favorite foods of the giant panda. The split culms are used for weaving.

Rhizome neck 8–10 cm, 1.8–2.5 cm in diam. Culms erect, 3–4 m, 1–1.8 cm in diam.; internodes terete but grooved above branches, 20–25(–30) cm, initially thinly white powdery below nodes; glabrous; wall 2.5–4.5 mm thick; supra-nodal ridges level or slightly prominent; sheath scar prominent, glabrous or initially stiffly white hairy. Branches 8–10 per node; culm bud 1, narrowly ovoid, appressed, margins white ciliate. Culm sheaths gradually deciduous, purple, triangular-ovate, ca. 1/3 as long as internodes, leathery, white or yellowish setose, longitudinal ribs prominent; auricles absent; oral setae deciduous, erect or curved, yellow; ligule purple, truncate or convex, 1–2 mm; blade reflexed, triangular linear or linear-lanceolate, glabrous. Leaves 4 or 5 per ultimate branch; sheath glabrous; auricles absent; oral setae few, yellow; ligule slightly green, convex, 1–1.5 mm, glabrous; blade lanceolate, 4.5–10.5 × 0.6–1.1 cm, glabrous, secondary veins 3- or 4-paired, transverse veins distinct, base cuneate, margins serrulate. Inflorescence unknown. New shoots Jul.

S Sichuan (Mianning).

* About 3500 m.

Fargesia dulcicula là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hòa thảo. Loài này được T.P.Yi mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1992.