Poaceae
Sugarcane
Saccharum officinarum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Saccharum
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Common names
By language (71)
- Afrikaans
- Suikerriet
- Albanian
- Kallam Sheqeri
- Arabic
- قصب السكر المخزني, برسوم, قصب, قصب سكر, قصب مص, مزهر, مصان, مضار
- Armenian
- Շաքարեղեգ
- arz
- قصب السكر المخزنى
- Asturian
- Caña d'azucre
- azb
- شکر قامیشی
- Azerbaijani
- Dərman şəkərqamışı
- ban
- Tebu
- Basque
- Azukre-kanabera
- Belarusian
- Цукровы трысьнёг
- Bosnian
- Šećerna trska
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена захарна тръстика
- Burmese
- ကြံ, ကြံပင်
- Cantonese
- 蔗
- Catalan
- Canya de sucre
- Chinese
- 甘蔗, 秀貴甘蔗, 秀贵甘蔗, 斑茅花, 红甘蔗
- Croatian
- Šećerna trska
- csb
- Cëkrowô strzëna
- cv
- Пархатарлă сахăр хăмăшĕ
- Czech
- Třtinovník cukrový, Cukrová třtina
- Danish
- Almindelig Sukkerrør
- English
- Sugarcane
- Esperanto
- Sukerkano
- Estonian
- Suhkruroog
- Finnish
- Sokeriruoko
- frr
- Sokerröör
- Galician
- Cana de azucre
- Georgian
- Შაქრის ლერწამი
- Greek
- Ζαχαροκάλαμο
- Guarani
- Takuare'ẽ
- guc
- Ka'ñaruushi
- Haitian Creole
- Kann
- Hausa
- Rake
- hsb
- Prawa cokorina
- hyw
- Շաքարեղէգ
- Italian
- Canna da zucchero, Cannamele
- Japanese
- サトウキビ
- Korean
- 사탕수수
- lah
- کماد
- li
- Sókkerreet
- Macedonian
- Шеќерна трска
- Malay
- Tebu, Tebu hitam
- min
- Tabu
- mnc
- ᠵᠠᠨᠴᡠᡥᡡᠨᠵᡝ
- mrj
- Сакыр шуды
- mzn
- لـله شکر
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sukkerrør
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Sukkerrøyr
- os
- Сæкæры хъæз
- Persian
- نیشکر خوراکی
- Polish
- Cukrowiec lekarski, Trzcina cukrowa
- Portuguese
- Cana-de-açúcar
- Punjabi
- ਕਮਾਦ
- pwn
- Tjevus
- Quechua
- Misk'i wiru
- Romanian
- Trestie de zahăr
- Russian
- Сахарный тростник культивируемый, Сахарный тростник благородный
- ryu
- ウージ
- sat
- ᱟᱸᱠ
- scn
- Canna dû zùccaru
- shn
- ဢွႆႈ, တူၼ်ႈဢွႆႈ
- Slovak
- Cukrová trstina
- Slovenian
- Sladkorni trst, Sladkorni trs
- Swedish
- Sockerrör
- Tamil
- செங்கரும்பு
- Telugu
- సెకారం అఫిష్ననారమ్, చెరకు
- Thai
- อ้อย
- Tongan
- Tō
- ty
- Tō
- Ukrainian
- Цукрова тростина
Synonyms
- Arundo saccharifera Garsault
- Saccharifera officinalis Stokes
- Saccharum atrorubens Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake
- Saccharum bataviense André
- Saccharum fragile Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake
- Saccharum glabrum Cuzent & Pancher
- Saccharum hybridum R.M.Grey
- Saccharum infirmum Steud.
- Saccharum luzonicum Hack.
- Saccharum monandrum Rol.
- Saccharum obscurum Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake
- Saccharum occidentale Sw.
- Saccharum officinale Salisb.
- Saccharum officinarum var. atrorubens Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake
- Saccharum officinarum var. brevipedicellatum Hack.
- Saccharum officinarum var. fragile Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake
- Saccharum officinarum var. genuinum Hack.
- Saccharum officinarum var. giganteum Kunth
- Saccharum officinarum var. glabrum Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake
- Saccharum officinarum var. jamaicense Sickenb.
- Saccharum officinarum var. litteratum Hassk.
- Saccharum officinarum var. litteratum Hack.
- Saccharum officinarum var. litteratum-breve Hassk.
- Saccharum officinarum var. luridum Hassk.
- Saccharum officinarum var. luteum-durum Hassk.
- Saccharum officinarum var. luzonicum Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake
- Saccharum officinarum var. obscurum Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake
- Saccharum officinarum var. oceanicum Endl.
- Saccharum officinarum var. officinarum
- Saccharum officinarum var. otaheitense Roem. & Schult.
- Saccharum officinarum var. purpureum Kunth
- Saccharum officinarum var. rubicundum Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake
- Saccharum officinarum var. rubrum-altum Hassk.
- Saccharum officinarum var. rubrum-humile Hassk.
- Saccharum officinarum var. tahitense Kunth
- Saccharum officinarum var. variegatum André
- Saccharum officinarum var. violaceum Pers.
- Saccharum rubicundum Cuzent & Pancher ex Drake
- Saccharum spontaneum subsp. luzonicum Hack.
- Saccharum violaceum Tussac
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Ton Rulkens, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.