NANDINA (Heavenly Bamboo) 1 PLANT

Nandina domestica commonly known as nandina, heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, is a species of flowering plant in the Berberidaceae (Barberry family). It is the only member of the monotypic genus Nandina Thunb. (Nandina). It is extensively grown in gardens as an ornamental plant since it has a number of cultivars that show bright-red fall foliage in the cool months with attractive new foliage growth in spring. The plant is native to Eastern Asia, occurring in India, Japan, and China. Nandina, Chinese-bamboo, Heavenly-bamboo, Sacred-bamboo, Southern heaven-bamboo, Sacred bamboo, Heavenly bamboo, Nanten, Japanese sacred bamboo and sacred Japanese bamboo are some of the popular common names of the plant.

Genus name ‘Nandina’ is the Latinized form of the Japanese name of this plant Nanten. Specific epithet ‘domestica’ means domesticated or ‘of the household’. Although it belongs to the Barberry family, it is commonly called heavenly bamboo because its erect, cane-like stems.