Pseudosasa japonica, the arrow bamboo[2] or metake,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to Japan and Korea. This vigorous bamboo forms thickets up to 6 m (20 ft) tall with shiny leaves up to 25 cm (9.8 in) long.[3] The culms are typically yellow-brown and it has palm-like leaves.

Pseudosasa japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Pseudosasa
Species:	P. japonica
Binomial name
Pseudosasa japonica (Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud.) Makino ex Nakai[1]
Synonyms
Arundinaria japonica Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud. Sasa japonica (Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud.) Makino Yadakeya japonica (Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud.) Makino[1][2] Arundinaria japonica Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud.[1][2][3][4]

The common name "arrow bamboo" results from the Japanese Samurai using its hard and stiff canes for their arrows.[5]

It grows up to 4 cm(40mm) a day.

Cultivation

This cold hardy bamboo species (tolerant to 0 °F/−17.7 °C) grows well both in shade and full sun. Pseudosasa japonica does very well in containers and salty air near the ocean. Because it tends to be more shade tolerant than other bamboo species it is often used by gardeners as an understory to a tree-lined living fence.[5] In cultivation in the UK this species has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3][6]

Subspecies

• Pseudosasa japonica var. japonica
• Pseudosasa japonica var. tsutsumiana

References

Further reading

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• Ohrnberger, D. (1999). The Bamboos of the World: Annotated Nomenclature and Literature of the Species and the Higher and Lower Taxa. Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-444-50020-5.
• Huxley, Anthony; Griffith, Mark; Levy, Margot, eds. (1992). The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. Vol. 1–4. London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-0-333-47494-5.
• Encke, Fritz; Buchheim, Günther; Seybold, Siegmund (1984). Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen (in German) (13th ed.). Stuttgart: Eugen Ulmer. ISBN 978-3-8001-5042-7.
• Ohwi, Jisaburo (1965). Meyer, Frederick G.; Walker, Egbert H. (eds.). Flora of Japan (English ed.). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. OCLC 1123305909.
• Chung, Tai Hyun (1965). Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fauna & Flora of Korea, Vol. 5, Tracheophyta (in Korean). Seoul: Samhwa Ch'ulp'an Sa. OCLC 836718523.

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