Bamboo
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Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family,
Bamboo forest
Fresh bamboo shoot emerging from the soil. These young, tender culms of bamboo plants are also widely harvested for culinary use in Asia.
Bamboo forest in Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan
Serra dos Órgãos National Park, Brazil
Bamboo shoot
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Bamboo shoots or bamboo sprouts are the edible shoots of many bamboo species including Bambusa vulgaris and Phyllostachys edulis. They are used as vegetables in numerous Asian dishes and broths. They
Bamboo
…Bamboo is versatile and has economic and cultural significance in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, being used for building materials, as a food source, and as a raw product, and depicted often in arts, such as in bamboo paintings and bambooworking. Bamboo, like wood, is a natural composite material…
Edible bamboo shoots
Woman gathering bamboo shoots (woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu, 1765)
Hosaki-menma
Filipino ginataáng labóng, bamboo shoots cooked in coconut milk