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navigate by keyword : sugarcane sugar cane several species tall perennial true grasses genus saccharum tribe andropogoneae native warm temperate tropical regions south southeast asia polynesia melanesia used production has stout jointed fibrous stalks rich sucrose which accumulates stalk internodes plant two six metres twenty feet all interbreed major commercial cultivars complex hybrids1 belongs grass family poaceae economically important seed includes maize wheat rice sorghum many forage crops

Sugarcane, or sugar cane, are several species of tall perennial true grasses of the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South and Southeast Asia, Polynesia and Melanesia, and used for sugar production. It has stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in the sugar sucrose, which accumulates in the stalk internodes. The plant is two to six metres (six to twenty feet) tall. All sugar cane species interbreed and the major commercial cultivars are complex hybrids[1]. Sugarcane belongs to the grass family Poaceae, an economically important seed plant family that includes maize, wheat, rice, and sorghum, and many forage crops.