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Saccharum robustum

Authority Brandes & Jesw. ex Grassl Family Liliopsida:Commelinidae:Cyperales:Gramineae Synonyms Common names Editor Ecocrop code 1885

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A grass with unbranched culms, erect or reclinning, hard stems, and with little juice reaching up to 10 m in height. USES It provides raw sugar, though the sucrose content is low and the fibre content very high. Important by-products are bagasse, molasses, filter mud cakes, and cane wax. Bagasse is residue used as fuel, livestock fed, and for the manifacture of fiberboard, paperpulp, plastic, furfural, and cellulose. Molasses are fed to livestock, used for industrial purposes, in confectionary, and it is the source of industrial alcohol as well as rum and gin. Filter mud cakes are used as fertilizer. Cane wax are used in the production of furniture, shoe, and leather polishes, electrical insulating material, and waxed paper. KILLING T Long-term exposure to temperatures below 10°C may be lethal. GROWING PERIOD Perennial, growing 10-24 months, but most often it is grown 14-18 months for the plant crop and 12 months for the ratoon crop. COMMON NAMES Sugar cane. FURTHER INF Robustum sugar cane is native of New Guinea, where it is commonly found along riverbanks forming dense stands. Photosynthesis pathway C4.
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SOURCES (S. robustum Brandes & Jeswiet ex Grassl) Purseglove J 1972 pp 214-256 [TEMP, LIG, RAIN, FER, DRA, USE, TEXT, PHO] Aronson J 1989 pp 69 Lovett J 1979 pp 95-112 [TEMP, KTMP, PHO, LIG, RAIN]