Poaceae

Textile bamboo

Bambusa textilis McClure

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Bambusa

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Common names

By language (4)

Cantonese: 青皮竹
Chinese: 青皮竹, 天竹黄, 天竺黄, 青皮竹（青竹皮）, 紫竿竹, 青竹皮, 光竿青皮竹, 崖州竹
English: Textile bamboo, Slender bamboo, Slender weavers' bamboo, Spotted weavers' bamboo, Weaver's bamboo
Vietnamese: Hóp đá

Synonyms

Bambusa annulata W.T.Lin & Zhi J.Feng
Bambusa glaucescens var. annulata (W.T.Lin & Zhi J.Feng) N.H.Xia
Bambusa minutiligulata W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu
Bambusa textilis f. maculata (McClure) T.P.Yi
Bambusa textilis f. purpurascens (N.H.Xia) T.P.Yi
Bambusa textilis var. glabra McClure
Bambusa textilis var. gracilis McClure
Bambusa textilis var. maculata McClure
Bambusa textilis var. pubescens B.M.Yang
Bambusa textilis var. purpurascens N.H.Xia
Bambusa textilis var. textilis
Bambusa varioaurita W.T.Lin & Zhi J.Feng

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial

Photos

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.