Bamboo as a food plant is comparable to the coconut palm. The following parts of plants are particularly suitable for consumption Bamboo varieties :
- Bambusa
- Dendrocalamus
- Phyllostachys edulis
- Phyllostachys glauca
- Phyllostachys nigra Boryana
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Bamboo products that are packaged and pre-cooked or available loose in Germany are imports from Asia and Latin America. In Europe, bamboo has only been grown as a food in Italy near Genoa (Val Fontanabuona).
Bamboo as a vegetable food and drink
Both seeds, grains, sprouts, saplings and young shoots of the Bamboo plants can contain bitter substances and the poisonous hydrocyanic acid glycoside in their raw state. Cooking neutralizes the bitter and toxins. Freshly harvested bamboo shoots or bamboo tips have a very firm, light yellow flesh.
Bamboo tea made from young bamboo leaves or the oat-like grain of bamboo is considered very healthy in Asia because of its high silica and silicon content. Herbal tea can also be made from young bamboo leaves of the Sasa palmata and Sasa kurilensis varieties. Bamboo tea does not contain any tea or caffeine and is therefore also suitable for children.
Bamboo as medicine
Also found in traditional medicine energized bamboo water and bamboo extract for different complaints use.
Bamboo leaves are also the main source of food for the panda bear. It eats up to 20 kg of bamboo per day and is insensitive to the hydrogen cyanide contained in raw plants.
Tips & Tricks
In Japan, bamboo shoots are cooked with rice flour. They are also available from us as Achia or Atchia.