Saccharum sinense Roxb.

Japanese cane (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Saccharum

Characteristics

Perennial. Culms 3–4 m tall, 3–4 cm in diam., many-noded, solid, softly pilose below inflorescence. Leaf blades ca. 100 × 3–5 cm, glaucous, glabrous, midrib large, white, margins serrate; ligule ca. 2 mm. Panicle 30–60 cm, axis with white silky hairs; rachis internodes pilose. Spikelets ca. 4.5 mm; callus hairs 2–3 times length of spikelet; lower glume lanceolate, dark brown; lower lemma oblong-lanceolate; upper lemma linear, 1.2–3 mm or reduced, awnless. Lodicules glabrous. Anthers 3, 1.5–2 mm. Fl. and fr. Nov–Mar. 2n = 106–120*.
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A grass which keeps its leaves. It grows 2-4 m tall. The stems are about 2.5-5 cm across. The leaves are rough. The flowers are small and feathery and at the top of the plant.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 4.0
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Not known as a wild plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

The sap is used for sugar. The stems are chewed for their sweet juice.
Uses fiber fodder
Edible saps stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Saccharum sinense unspecified picture
Saccharum sinense unspecified picture

Distribution

Saccharum sinense world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Honduras, Indonesia, Moldova (Republic of), Madagascar, Myanmar, Mauritius, Pakistan, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1009144-1
WFO ID wfo-0000896729
COL ID 8X4XT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 636331
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Synonyms

Saccharum barberi Saccharum sinense Saccharum aegyptiacum var. sinense Saccharum officinarum subsp. barberi Saccharum officinarum subsp. sinense Saccharum spontaneum var. sinense