Saccharum sinense (Saccharum sinense)
Description
The cane sugar Chinese ( Saccharum sinense Roxb. ) Is a plant Tropical , belonging to the family of the Poaceae (Grass) , It is a perennial herbaceous plant with a slender bearing, with a slender stalk of green-bronze color interspersed with nodes, with a high fiber content. It can be used as an immediate food, extracting the juice by squeezing, or in the production of the sweetener more widespread: the sugar, The leaves are large up to 5 cm in width. It is grown from sea level up to 300 m above sea level, is a species more resistant compared to S. officinarum and is more easily adapted to dry climates. It is mainly cultivated in China and Japan, although it has been widely cultivated, before the introduction of other related species for the production of sugar.
Taxonomic tree
-
Domain: Eukarya
-
-
Kingdom: Plantae
-
-
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
-
-
Class: Liliopsida
-
-
Order: Cyperales
-
-
Family: Poaceae
-
-
Genus: Cyperales
-
-
-
-
-
-
