FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
BAMBOO
Garrett, Theodore Francis (edited by). 1898. the Encyclopedia of Practical Cookery. L. Upcott Gill, 170, Strand, W.C. London. Vol. I
as an edible ingredient of culinary preparations, the British cook might be loth to accept them. Nevertheless, in many parts of India they form a very favorite dishes, the young shoots being exceedingly tender, crisp, and succulent, and often compared to asparagus.
Hedrick, U.P. editor. 1919. Sturtevant's Notes on Edible Plants. Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1919 II. Albany, J.B Lyon Company, State Printers. [References Available]
GIGANTOCHIOA ROBUSTA, BAMBOO
Is a bamboo of Malay. This bamboo attains the height of a hundred feet. The young shoots are used as a vegetable.
GIGANTOCHIOA VERTICILLATA, BAMBOO
Is a plant of Java. The plant grows to a height of 120 feet, with stems nearly a foot thick. This is one of the most extensively cultivated of all Asiatic bamboos. The young shoots are used as a culinary vegetable.
GIGANTOCHIOA ATER, BAMBOO
Is a plant of Java. This bamboo in Java attains a height of 70 feet and is extensively cultivated. The young shoots afford a culinary vegetable.
GIGANTOCHLOA APUS Gramineae, BAMBOO
is a plant of java. The young shoots are used as a vegetable.
BAMBUSA ARUNDINACEA, BAMBOO
is a plant from East Indies. The seeds of this and other species of Bambusa have often saved the lives of thousands in times of scarcity in India, as in Orissa in 1812, in Kanara in 1864 and in 1866 in Malda. The plant bears whitish seed, like rice, and Drury says these seeds are eaten by the poorer classes.
BAMBUSA TULDA, BAMBOO
is a plant grown in the East Indies and Burma. In Bengal, the tender young shoots are eaten as pickles by the natives.