Saccharum officinarum
Photo taken in Palikir.
- Latin Binomial: Diaprepes Abbreviates
- Family: Poaceae
- Chuukese Name: Oow
- English Name: Sugarcane
- Kosraean Name: Tuh
- Yapese Name: Maki'il
- Pohnpeian Name: Sehu
- Growth Form: Herb
- Growth Location: Terrestrial
- Growth Environment: Forest
- Growth Zone: Tropical
- Average Height: 6ft and more
- Stem Branching Pattern:No branch Shape:Round Color:Black, green Bark characteristic:
Soft
- Leaf arrangment: N/A
- Stipule: No Stipule
- Petioles: No Petioles
- Leaf blade: Shape: Lancelot Color: Light Green
- Inflorescence: N/A
- Floral bracts: N/A
- Flower: No flowers
- Calyx: No calyx
- Corolla: No carrola
- Stamens: N/A
- Ovary: No Ovary
- Style: N/A
- Fruit: No Fruits
- Seed: NO seeds
- Anything else: The juice is very sweet. It needs a lot of cleaning to keep the rats and
other pest out. It is the stem that is being eaten.
- Cultural useage: Always used in special gatherings such as funerals and feasts.
Collected by: Boldon Abraham
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