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Saccharum robustum
Robust cane is a wild tall grass-like species from New Guinea, a close relative of cultivated sugarcane, grown mainly as a source of stout canes and for breeding. Its key to growing is warm, wet tropical conditions with plenty of sun and moisture.
Saccharum robustum, the robust cane, is a species of plant found in New Guinea.
Eumetopina flavipes, the island sugarcane planthopper, a species of planthopper present throughout South East Asia which is a vector for the sugarcane pathogen Ramu stunt disease, occurs also on S. robustum.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Saccharum robustum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
