Plant in full to part sun along coast and protect with shade inland. Water regularly. Hardy to 15 F. An attractive smaller clumping bamboo.

Borinda fungosa is a relatively recent introduction from northeastern Yunnan, China, where it grows from 6,000 to 9,000 feet and the culms are used for weaving. The name for the genus name Borinda honors Dr Norman Bor, Head of the Grasses Section and Deputy Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This plant was originally identified as Fargesia fungosa but Kew Botanist Chris Stapleton proposed that this plant be moved to the new genus Borinda in 1998 because its inflorescences were open and unspathed and the name Sinarundinaria fungosa was also proposed for it. In 2021 Stapleton separated it from Borinda into a new distinct genus, Tongpeia, on the grounds of both morphology and molecular phylogeny and published the name in the Journal American Bamboo Society and this genus now includes 2 additional species. The name honors the Chinese bamboo taxonomist Professor Yi Tong-Pei. Our original stock was from Suncrest Nurseries who selected this dark chocolate clone from plants raised from seeds provided by the late Dr. Xue Ji-ru of the Southwestern Forestry College. Since we received this plant as Borinda fungosa we continue to list it under this name. 

Information displayed on this page about Borinda fungosa is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.