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 Phyllostachys nigra is an upright (erect) bamboo with stems growing 3-7 m tall. Plants spread rapidly forming loose clumps via creeping underground stems (rhizomes) that produce upright stems (canes) from their joints (nodes).

The upright stems (erect canes) are greenish when young but turn blackish or purplish-black in colour as they age. These stems (usually 1-4 cm thick) are banded with horizontal rings at the joints (nodes) and are grooved lengthwise (longitudinally) between the joints (the internodes).

The leaves are alternately arranged, but clustered on short shoots which grow from the branches. They have a sheath surrounding the stem and the base of the leaf blade is very narrow, and stalk-like in appearance (pseudo-petiolate). The leaf sheaths are mostly hairless (glabrous), except near their margins. Where the leaf sheath meets the leaf blade there is a tiny membranous structure topped with hairs (the ligule is a ciliate membrane). The leaf blades (6-12 cm long and 9-15 mm wide) are oblong or elongated (lanceolate) in shape, have entire margins, and are mostly hairless (glabrous).