Fargesia murieliae

Muriel Bamboo ( Fargesia murielae )

The Muriel Bamboo ( Fargesia murielae, synonym: Arundinaria murielae ) is a bamboo species of the genus Fargesia. Because of its hardiness and the ability to form any foothills, the type is also popular in Europe as an ornamental plant.

Description

The Muriel bamboo is 1-5 meters high and 0.5 to 1.4 centimeters by measuring straws. The internodes are cylindrical, 15 to 23 inches long, floured first white with slight longitudinal ribs. The wall thickness is 1.5 to 2.5 millimeters, and the inside is filled with marrow. The area above the node has about the same or slightly larger diameter than the node itself, the node with the lower portion of the leaf sheaths scar is pushed out. The Halmscheiden are leathery and bald and fall off, ears and bristles missing. The ligule is bent or broken off, from 0.5 to 1 millimeter long and bare. The nodes are formed of three to ten branches. The end branch of one to two, maximum of six true leaves are formed. The leaf sheath of the leaves is bald, bristles are formed, ears missing. The ligule is canceled and about 1 millimeter long and bare. The leaf blade is bald is long and 0.8 to 1.2 inches wide, 6 to 10 inches. The side wires are combined in groups of three or four transverse veins are visible. The species forms, like other Fargesia species also nests and is not sucker.

Etymology

The genus name Fargesia reminiscent of the French missionary in West China, Paul Farges ( 1844-1912 ). The specific epithet refers to murielae Muriel Wilson, the daughter of British plant collector Ernest Wilson, who introduced this bamboo in 1910 in the United States.

Dissemination

The home of Muriel Bamboo ' is the Sichuan province and the forest Shennongjia in Hubei Province in south-central China. There grows the way at altitudes 1600-3000 meters.

Use

It is a hardy bamboo that endures temperatures from -18 to -26 ° C. It needs moisture and does not tolerate long periods of drought. The bamboo is also common in Europe as an ornamental plant and can also be pulled in plant vessels. The shoots are edible.

Evidence