Shibataea kumasaca

Shibataea kumasaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Shibataea
Species:
S. kumasaca
Binomial name
Shibataea kumasaca
Synonyms
  • Shibataea kumasasa alternate spelling
  • Bambusa kumasasa Zoll. ex Steud.
  • Arundinaria kumasasa (Zoll. ex Steud.) Kurz
  • Phyllostachys kumasasa (Zoll. ex Steud.) Munro
  • Bambusa aureostriata Regel
  • Arundarbor aureostriata (Regel) Kuntze
  • Phyllostachys ruscifolia Satow
  • Sasa aureostriata (Regel) E.G.Camus
  • Shibataea pygmaea F.Maek.
  • Shibataea tumidinoda T.H.Wen

Shibataea kumasaca (倭竹), the ruscus-leaf bamboo or ruscus bamboo, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family, native to mountain slopes in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces in China, and widely cultivated elsewhere. Growing to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall, it is a compact, clump-forming evergreen bamboo.

In the UK it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. As with other cultivated bamboos it can become invasive in favourable conditions, via its creeping rootstock.