Kanchiku - Kanchiku

Japanese: カンチク - かんちく

A small bamboo that can be used as a hedge or planted in a garden; it belongs to the grass family. Culms grow in clusters from horizontal rhizomes, reaching a height of 3m and a diameter of 2cm, with rather thick nodes. The name "kanchiku" (cold bamboo) means that bamboo shoots emerge during the coldest period of the lunar calendar. Bamboo shoots emerge in autumn and grow, and the culms branch out in early summer the following year. The bamboo bark reaches a length of 20cm and remains for about a year. Several branches emerge from each node. The leaves are lanceolate, about 10cm long, and hairless, with 3-4 leaves at the end of each branch. They sometimes bloom, and the spikelets are linear, 4-8cm long, purple, with sparse, alternate flowers about 1cm long.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

生垣にしたり，庭に植えたりする小型の竹類で，イネ科に入る。横にはった根茎から稈（かん）が群生し，高さは3m，直径は2cmに達し，節はやや太い。〈寒竹〉という名は旧暦の寒中にたけのこが出るという意味である。秋にたけのこが出て伸長し，翌年の初夏に稈が分枝する。竹の皮は長さ20cmに達し，1年くらい残存する。枝は1節に数本出る。葉は枝の先に3～4枚ずつつき，長さ10cmくらいの披針形で，毛はない。ときどき開花し，小穂は長さ4～8cmの線形で，紫色を帯び，長さ1cmくらいの小花がまばらに互生する。

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