Chimonobambusa quadrangularis

Chimonobambusa quadrangularis, commonly called square bamboo or shidakudake is a bamboo in the grass family (Graminae, or Poaceae) and native to China and Taiwan, and naturalized to Japan. It is one of the very few monocots to have square stems. These stems, or culms are up to thirty feet (nine metres) in height and two inches (five centimetres) in diameter.^[2]

Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Chimonobambusa
Species:	C. quadrangularis
Binomial name
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (Franceschi) Makino
Synonyms[1]
List Arundinaria quadrangularis (Franceschi) Makino Bambusa quadrangularis Franceschi Phyllostachys quadrangularis (Franceschi) Rendle Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (Franceschi) Nakai Bambos sikaktake Siebold Bambusa sikaktake Zoll. Chimonobambusa quadrangularis f. albostriata (Muroi & H.Okamura) T.H.Wen Chimonobambusa quadrangularis f. aureostriata (Muroi & H.Okamura) T.H.Wen Chimonobambusa quadrangularis f. cyrano-bergeraca T.H.Wen Chimonobambusa quadrangularis f. nagaminea (H.Okamura) T.H.Wen Chimonobambusa quadrangularis f. purpureiculma T.H.Wen Chimonobambusa quadrangularis f. sotaroana (Muroi) T.H.Wen Chimonobambusa quadrangularis f. suow T.H.Wen Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis f. albostriatus Muroi & H.Okamura Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis f. aureostriatus Muroi & H.Okamura Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis f. castillonis Rifat ex Hirsch Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis f. gimmei Kasahara & H.Okamura Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis f. nagamineus H.Okamura Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis var. sotaroanus Muroi Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis f. sotaroanus (Muroi) Muroi Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis f. suow Kasahara & H.Okamura Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis f. tatejima Kasahara & H.Okamura Thamnocalamus quadrangularis Recht. & Wetter