Chusquea culeou, the Chilean bamboo,[1] (Spanish: caña coligüe or colihue) is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae.

An evergreen bamboo native to South America, unlike most species within the genus Chusquea, it is frost-tolerant and thus widely cultivated in temperate regions.

It is native to the Valdivian rainforests, humid temperate forests of Chile and southwestern Argentina.

It has hairy lanceolate leaves with a spine on their end, and its flower is a whisk of light brown colour.

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit[1] (confirmed 2017).