Poaceae
Black bamboo
Phyllostachys nigra
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Phyllostachys
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- خيزوران اسود
- arz
- فيلوستاشيس نيجرا
- Catalan
- Bambú negre
- Chinese
- 紫竹, 竹茹, 紫竹根, 黑竹, 乌竹仔, 淡竹, 胡麻竹, 黑竹鎮
- Czech
- Listoklasec černý
- Dutch
- Zwarte bamboe
- English
- Black bamboo, Black bamboos
- German
- Schwarzrohrbambus
- Icelandic
- Svartbambus
- Japanese
- クロチク
- Korean
- 오죽
- Malay
- Buluh hitam
- Persian
- فیلستاچیس نیگرا
- Portuguese
- Bambu-preto
- Russian
- Листоколосник чёрный
- Vietnamese
- Trúc đen
Synonyms
- Bambusa nigra Lodd. ex Lindl.
- Phyllostachys nigra f. basinigra (Makino) Nakai
- Phyllostachys nigra f. bicolor (Makino ex Tsuboi) Nakai
- Phyllostachys nigra var. boryana (Mitford) J.Houz.
- Phyllostachys nigra var. fulva (Mitford) Bean
- Phyllostachys puberula var. boryana Makino
- Phyllostachys puberula var. nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) J.Houz.
- Phyllostachys puberula var. nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Makino
- Sinoarundinaria nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Ohwi ex Mayeb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid, Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Georges Seguin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Malcolm Gin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Kampung Bamboo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Malcolm Gin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: CawVus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: CawVus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bachelot Pierre J-P, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: CawVus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: FlyingBatt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: CawVus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, 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.