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Plant Habit:	Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Wet Mesic Mesic
Leaves:	Evergreen
Underground structures:	Rhizome
Edible Parts:	Stem
Eating Methods:	Cooked

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Bamboo

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A #Monarch butterfly ( number 55 released about an hour ago on Ma

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Busch Gardens, bamboos.

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First time green bamboo produced seeds

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made quite the unique sound when the wind blew

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Posted by cbw1953 (Yucca Valley,Ca - Zone 9b) on Nov 2, 2016 6:41 PM concerning plant:

Medicine:
Bamboo is used in traditional Chinese medicine for treating infections and healing. In the northern Indian state of Assam, the fermented bamboo paste known as khorisa is known locally as a folk remedy for the treatment of impotence, infertility, and menstrual pains.

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