Sugarcane, or sugar cane, is any of six to thirty-seven species (depending on taxonomic system) of tall perennial grasses of the genus Saccharum (family Poaceae, tribe Andropogoneae). Native to warm temperate to tropical regions of Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar, and measure two to six meters (six to nineteen feet) tall. All sugar cane species interbreed, and the major commercial cultivars are complex hybrid...
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Sugarcane
Organism Classification
Higher classification:
Food & Drink
Spirit products:
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Energy per 100g:
- 1,619 kJ (10110000000000000000 MeV )
USDA Equivalent:
- 19335
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