Summary
Place of publication:
Arch. Suikerindustr. Ned.-Indië 12:396. 1925, in observ.
Comment:
- [or Saccharum Barberi or Saretha Group]
- of hybrid origin S. officinarum × S. spontaneum
Verified:
06/30/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:551.
Common names
English
Indian cane – Indian sugarcane – Transcribed Chinese
xi gan gan zhe – yindu zhong –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guangxi, Yunnan]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Human food | sugar | | Flach, M. & F. Rumawas, eds. 1996. Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 9:145. |
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2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=103337.
Accessed 15 December 2025.