Black bamboo
Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 8.8 m
- wide
- 6.0 m
Poaceae
Formerly Bambusa nigra
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- BambooKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- China (Guizhou, S. Hunan)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
- Height
- 8.8 mRead from Wikipedia and Plants for a Future, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: Wikipedia 10–10 m; Plants for a Future 7.5–7.5 m
- Spread
- 6.0 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -17.8 °C (USDA zone 7a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 竹茹, 紫竹根, 紫竹
- Simplified Chinese
- 紫竹
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Phyllostachys nigra (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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