Fargesia zayuensis T. P. Yi

The shoots are edible, and the culms are used for weaving and for brooms.

Rhizome neck 3–7 cm, 0.9–1.5 cm in diam., internodes 3–5 mm. Culms to 6 m, to 1.5 cm in diam.; internodes terete, 25–35 cm, initially sparsely white powdery; wall 1.5–2 mm thick; supra-nodal ridges level; sheath scar prominent. Branches 5–10 per node, deflexed, subequal. Culm sheaths gradually deciduous, narrowly rounded, shorter than internode, leathery, abaxially slightly gray-brown setulose, margins brown ciliolate or not, longitudinal ribs conspicuous; auricles absent; oral setae not persistent; ligule truncate, ca. 1 mm, glabrous, margin fissured; blade readily deciduous, reflexed, rarely erect, linear-lanceolate, articulate with apex of culm sheath. Leaves 1–3 per ultimate branch, readily deciduous; sheath glabrous; auricles and oral setae absent; ligule truncate, glabrous; blade lanceolate, 5–8.5 × 0.4–0.6 cm, glabrous, secondary veins 2-paired, transverse veins obscure, base cuneate, margins serrulate. Inflorescence unknown. New shoots Jul–Aug.

SE Xizang.

* 2500–3000 m.