Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bambusa textilis McClure [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bamboo	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bambusae concretio silicea	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
concretio silicea bambusae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
qing pi zhu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tabasheer	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
textile bamboo	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
tian jhu huang	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tian zhu huang	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tianzhuhuang	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
weaver's bamboo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
天竹黄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
天竺黃	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
天竺黄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
青皮竹	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem	dried mass of secretion	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
culm	dried masses of secretion in culm	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
stem	dried mass of secretion	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bambusa annulata W.T.Lin & Z.J.Feng J. Bamboo Res. 12(2): 33 (1993).
Bambusa glaucescens var. annulata (W.T.Lin & Z.J.Feng) N.H.Xia J. Trop. Subtrop. Bot. 1: 10 (1993).
Bambusa minutiligulata W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu J. Bamboo Res. 11(1): 27 (1992).
Bambusa textilis var. glabra McClure Lingnan Univ. Sci. Bull. 9: 16 (1940).
Bambusa textilis var. gracilis McClure Lingnan Univ. Sci. Bull. 9: 16 (1940).
Bambusa textilis var. maculata McClure Lingnan Univ. Sci. Bull. 9: 16 (1940).
Bambusa textilis var. pubescens B.M.Yang J. Hunan Sci. Technol. Univ. 1(1): 116 (1985).
Bambusa textilis var. purpurascens N.H.Xia Bamboo Res. 1985(1): 38 (1985).
Bambusa textilis f. purpurascens (N.H.Xia) T.P.Yi Bamboos Fl. Sichuan: 63 (1997).
Bambusa varioaurita W.T.Lin & Z.J.Feng J. S. China Agric. Univ. 14(1): 47 (1993).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bambusa textilis	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Bambusa textilis Mc Clure	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Bambusa textilis McClure	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Bambusa textilis Mcclure	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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