Saccharum robustum
Brandes & Jeswiet ex Grassl.
Robust sugarcane
PoaceaeBark/Sap
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Sap
Where to Find It
A tropical plant.
Asia, Cuba, India, Indonesia, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, PNG, SE Asia, Solomon Islands, West Indies,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Antigua & Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bahamas, Bhutan, China, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Micronesia, Grenada, Georgia, Haiti, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, St Kitts & Nevis, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, St Lucia, Sri Lanka, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Nauru, New Zealand, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Palau, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tonga, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, St Vincent, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen
How to Identify
A grass. A large sugarcane like grass. It keeps growing from year to year. It has elongated underground stems and an erect stalk. It can grown 5-10 m tall and the stem be 2-3 cm across. The internodes are solid. The leaf blades are up to 2 m long and 3-7 cm wide. The flower panicle at the top is open and 50-90 cm long.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Saccharum robustum, the robust cane, is a species of plant found in New Guinea.
Names & Synonyms
Mokombez
References (9)
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- Simmonds, N.W., 1979, Sugarcane, in Simmonds N.W.,(ed), Crop Plant Evolution. Longmans. London. p 104
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