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Flowering thick-stemmed sugar cane Photograph by: Ton Rul

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Streptophyta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Saccharum
Species: Saccharum officinarum

Allied species:

Arundo saccharifera Garsault, Saccharum chinense Roxb, Saccharum violaceum Tussac, Saccharum atrorubens Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake, Saccharum monandrum Rottb., Saccharum occidentale Sw.

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: Ikshava,Pundrakah, Rasalah
English: Sugar cane , noblecane
Hindi: ईख Eekh, गन्ना Ganna
Urdu: Gannaa
Telugu: Cheruku
Bengali: Aankha, Ukha, Uuka
Marathi: Usa, शेरडी Sherdi
Konkani: कोब्बु kobbu
Oriya: Akhu
Gujarathi: Sherdi
Tamil: Kaarumbu (Karumbu), Pundaram
Malayalam: Karimbu, Karimpu
Kannada: Petta patti kabbu, ಖಬ್ಬೂ Khabbu
Punjabi: Gacnaa
Sindhi: Kamand
Arabic: Qassab es sukkar
Spanish: Caña de azúcar, Caña dulce, Cañamiel, Caña melar, Caña sacarina, Caña común.
Assamese: Kusiyar
Japanese: Satou kibi.
Chinese: Hong gan zhe, Guo zhe, Gan zhe.
French: Canne a sucre
German: Zuckerrohr
Burma: kyaan
Nepal: Ganna, Sahacar, Ukhu
Persian: Naishkar
Sinhalese: Uk, Angarigai, Karumbu, Ikshu.
Tulu: ಕರುಂಬು
Greek: Sakharon