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Saccharum spontaneum
Also called Kash, Fodder Cane, Wild Cane
In Singapore: Wild Sugarcane, Kans Grass, Fodder Cane, African Fodder Cane, Asian Fodder Cane, 甜根子草 (Grown in Singapore)
Wild sugarcane (Saccharum spontaneum) is a tall, perennial grass with spreading rhizomes, native across tropical and subtropical Asia, northern Australia and Africa. It is grown mainly as a wild or fodder grass and as a breeding source for sugarcane, and it needs full sun and room to spread.
Saccharum spontaneum (wild sugarcane, kans grass) is a grass native throughout much of tropical and subtropical Asia, northern Australia, and eastern and northern Africa. It is a perennial grass, growing up to three meters in height, with spreading rhizomatous roots.
The plant has hybridized with Saccharum officinarum, a domesticated sugarcane. The hybridization has produced Saccharum barberi and Saccharum sinense.
Fijian Asparagus · Sugarcane · Tripidium ravennae · Japanese cane · Sugarcane
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Saccharum spontaneum 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.
