Saccharum officinarum L.
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Authority
Hitchcock, Albert S. 1927. The grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-xx, 291-556.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Gigantic perennials with broad leaves, the overlapping sheaths falling from the short-jointed lower part of the culms, the great plumy panicles pinkish silvery ; forming seed sparingly.
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Common Names
sugarcane