Hoteichiku (Hotei bamboo) - Hoteichiku (English spelling) Phyllostachys aurea var.aurea

Japanese: ホテイチク(布袋竹) - ホテイチク（英語表記）Phyllostachys aurea var.aurea

A type of bamboo in the grass family. Also known as Gosanchiku. It is usually cultivated, although it grows wild in Kyushu. The underground stems grow horizontally, and the culms are 5-10 m tall and 2-7 cm in diameter. It is similar to Madake (Madake) but is smaller, and the lower part of the culm has narrow internodes and malformed swelling. Two branches grow from each node, which further branch out. The leaves are lanceolate with pointed tips and rounded bases, 10 cm long and 1 cm wide. Thin, cylindrical flower spikes grow from the twigs. The flowers have three scales, three stamens, and three styles. The bamboo shoots are edible, and the skin is hairless and has dark spots. The wood is prized for fishing rods. The Japanese name is said to come from the likeness of the short internodes, which are swollen, to the belly of Hotei.

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Japanese:

イネ科のタケ類。別名ゴサンチク。九州地方に野生のものもあるが，普通は栽培される。地下茎は水平に伸び，稈は高さ5～10m，直径2～7cm。マダケ (真竹)に似るが小型で，稈の下部は節間が狭くなり，奇形的にふくれる。各節から2本の枝を出し，これがさらに分枝する。葉は披針形で先端がとがり基部は丸く，長さ 10cm，幅 1cm。小枝から細い円柱形の花穂が出る。花には鱗片3個，おしべ3本，花柱3本がある。タケノコは食用となり，皮は無毛で暗色斑がある。材は釣竿用として珍重される。和名は短い節間のふくれた形を布袋の腹に見立てたものといわれる。

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