Saccharum officinarum L.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Saccharum officinarum L.
  • Common name : Sugar Cane, Noble cane
  • Vernacular name :
    • Ikshu, Pundakah (Sanskrit)
    • Pundiya, Ganna (Hindi)
    • Kabbu, Iksu (Kannada)
    • Sherdi, Us (Marathi), Karimbu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated extensively
  • Flower, Fruit : October-December
  • Collector(s) Name : R.Raghavendra Rao
  • Collection Date : 23/11/1971
  • Collection Nos : KFP 1509
  • Collection Locality : Paschimavahini, Mysuru district
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Palakonda Hills (Kadapa district), Chittoor district
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Udupi district, Davanagare district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Maharashtra
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
  • Native : New Guinea
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : New Guinea
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 305
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Saccharum officinarum. Downloaded on 3 November 2024.

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