Hemp bamboo - Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro

Japanese: マチク(麻竹) - マチク（英語表記）Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro

A large bamboo of the Poaceae family, its culms grow in clusters like rice stalks. Large culms can reach 20 cm in diameter and 20 m in height, with more than five branches per node and thick flesh. It has long leaves. Flowers bloom rarely, but often only on some, not all, culms of a single plant. Spikelets are clustered together in groups of three to six on the rachis, with six stamens. It is mainly grown in Taiwan and southern China, and in Japan it grows in the southern part of Kagoshima Prefecture. The culms are primarily used for construction, while live bamboo is decorative. Bamboo shoots that are boiled, dried and fermented become menma, manmi or shinachiku, which are often used in Chinese cuisine.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

イネ科の大型のタケで，稈（かん）はイネの株のように固まって生える。稈は大きなものは直径20cm，高さ20mに達し，節ごとの枝の数は5本以上，稈の肉は厚い。葉は長大。花はまれに咲き，1株のすべての稈でなく一部のものに咲くことが多い。小穂は花軸に3～6個ずつ固まってつき，おしべは6本。主産地は台湾と南中国で，日本では鹿児島県の南部で生育する。稈は主として建築用に，生竹は観賞用にする。たけのこをゆでた後，乾かして発酵させたものがメンマ，マンミまたは支那竹（しなちく）で，中国料理に多く用いられる。

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