Sasa

Japanese: Sasa

...A type of bamboo of the grass family that is most commonly planted for ornamental purposes in Japanese gardens and parks. As its other name, "edge-trimmed bamboo," suggests, it is called "kuma-zasa" (bear-shaded bamboo) because the edges of its leaves are white and shaded. It is not "kuma-zasa" (bear-shaded bamboo). It is also called "atago-zasa." It has a strong, slender underground stem, a lush culm, and branches sparsely from the base, which is slightly upward-slanting, and the upper part is raised, reaching a height of 60 to 130 cm. The bamboo's bark has coarse hairs. Usually, one branch emerges from the node, and 5 to 7 leaves grow at the tip of the branch. ...

From [Sasa (bamboo grass)]

…The culm is low, usually less than 2m, with only a few branches coming out of the nodes, and relatively large leaves. In botanical terms, the genus Sasa includes several genera, such as Chimonobambusa , Pleioblastus , Pseudosasa , Sasamorpha , and Arundinaria . They are evergreen, but some species have white edges and dark spots on the leaves in winter, and some lose most of their leaves. Sasa is rarely found in the tropics, but is found in the warm and subtropical regions of East Asia. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Sasa" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…日本の庭や公園に観賞用に最もよく植えられているイネ科のササの一種。異名の辺（へり）取り笹（ざさ）が示すように，葉の縁が白く隈取りになるから隈笹という。熊笹ではない。またアタゴザサともいう。じょうぶで細長い地下茎があり，稈（かん）はよく茂り，やや斜上した根もとでまばらに枝分れし，上部は立ち上がり，高さは60～130cmである。タケの皮には粗い毛がある。節から通常1本の枝を出し，その先端部に5～7枚の葉をつける。…

【ササ(笹)】より

…稈（かん）は低く多くは2m以下，節から出る枝も少数で，それに比較的大型の葉をつける。植物学的にはササ属Sasaのほかに，カンチク属Chimonobambusa，メダケ属Pleioblastus，ヤダケ属Pseudosasa，スズダケ属Sasamorpha，アズマザサ属Arundinariaなどの数属を含み，常緑であるが，種によっては葉の周辺部が冬には白色となって隈の入るものや，大部分の葉を落とすものもある。　ササは熱帯にはほとんど見られず，東アジアの暖帯以北，むしろ温帯や亜寒帯に多く分布している。…

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