| BRIEF DESCRIPTION A tall, hardy, and vigorous grass with high fiber content, and poor juice quality. USES It provides raw sugar, the sucrose content being medium and the fibre content 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 Survive light frost. GROWING PERIOD Perennial, growing for about 270-300 days per year. It can be cut for fodder every 90-120 days. COMMON NAMES Japanese cane, Chinese cane, Uba cane. FURTHER INF The latitudinal range of Japanese cane is 30°N to S. It can be found at elevations between sea level and 300 m. |
Grassland Index
Purseglove J 1972 pp 214-256 [TEMP, LIG, RAIN, FER, DRA, USE, TEXT, PHO]
Skerman P 1990 pp 647-648 [KTMP, RAIN, DRA, FER, DEP] |
