In traditional medicine the leaves of the related species P. bambusoides are antipyretic. New shoots are used in the treatment of haematuria[Duke. J. A. and Ayensu. E. S. Medicinal Plants of China Reference Publications, Inc. 1985].

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Asia-Temperate, China