Saccharum officinarum L.

  • Authority

    Hitchcock, Albert S. 1927. The grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-xx, 291-556.

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Saccharum officinarum L.

  • 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.

  • Common Names

    sugarcane