Mazhar Botanic Garden

Pleioblastus fortunei (Van Houtte) Nakai

Dwarf white-striped bamboo

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000970
Common name: Dwarf white-striped bamboo
English name: Dwarf white-striped bamboo
Native: Japan
Country: Japan
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Evergreen bamboo, tufted bamboo forming a slow-spreading colony to 12 m high, leaves pale green canes, narrow to 20 cm long, striped with creamy-white

Ornamental. Groundcover.

Pleioblastus pygmaeus, Arundinaria fortunei

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Texture: Clay Coastal Alluvial Soils Sandy loam
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Mediterranean Subtropics
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds - division
Flowering time:
Zone: 6 : 8
pH range: 5.0-7.0
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Bamboo
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Beds & borders Borders Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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