Photo: Phyllostachys edulis 4.

var. pubescens f. aureo-variegata. Plants up high. Kyoto bot.g, Japan. Planted. 2001-05-10.

Phyllostachys edulis (Carr.) Houz.
Engl.: tortoise-shell bamboo, hairy bamboo, moso bamboo.
Jap.: kikko-chiku, mousou-chiku.
TCM: mao zhu.
Bot. syn.: Bambos moosoo Sieb., Bambusa edulis Carr., Bambusa heterocycla Carr., Bambusa pubescens Carr., Phyllostachys heterocycla (Carr.) Mitf., Phyllostachys pubescens Mazel ex Houz., Sinoarundinaria pubesnces (Houz. de Leh.) Ohwi