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Who knows our side of the package dumplings with what leaves?

Ro leaf bamboo

Ro leaf bamboo alias: Ruo bamboo, zongba bamboo, long ear bamboo, zongye bamboo, squatter leaf bamboo, its culm height 1-3cm, diameter 0.5-1cm, internodes 10-15cm, glabrous or by small prickly hairs when young, nodes were light brown carpeted with trichomes-like hairs; nodes flatter, nodes within the length of 3-5mm. Culm sheaths brownish-green when fresh, 10-12cm long, the back of the middle and lower part of the affixed brown prickly hairs Culm sheath auricles well-developed, extended to both sides, falcate, attempting hairs 5-8mm long, mostly brown, undulate; culm sheath ligule truncate-flat or slightly arched, 1-2mm high, margins fringed with brown hairs; culm sheath leaves erect, long triangular or oblong. Apices acuminate, base rounded. Leaf blade large, 10-35 cm long, 2-8 cm wide, abaxially hirsute.

Ruo leaf bamboo is distributed in Henan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang and other places. Its culms can be used as bamboo chopsticks or brush culms, bamboo leaves for dumplings or hats and boat canopy liner.