Poaceae
Munj sweetcane
Tripidium bengalense
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Tripidium
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- قصب السكر البنغالي
- Bangla
- সরকান্দা
- English
- Munj sweetcane, Baruwa gras, Baruwa sugarcane, Shorkanda, Sarkanda
- Hindi
- मूंज, सरपत
- Kannada
- ಮುಂಜ
- lah
- سَر, سرکی
- Persian
- تباشیر بنگالی
- Punjabi
- ਸਰ, ਸਰਕੰਡਾ, ਸਿਰਕੀ
Synonyms
- Erianthus bengalensis (Retz.) Bharadw., Basu Chaudh. & Sinha
- Erianthus bengalensis (Retz.) Bharadw., K.C.B.Chaudhary & Sinha
- Erianthus ciliaris (Andersr.) Jesw.
- Erianthus ciliaris var. elegans Jeswiet
- Erianthus elegans (Jesw.) Rumke
- Erianthus munja (Roxb.) Jesw.
- Erianthus sara (Roxb.) Rumke
- Imperata sara (Roxb.) Schult.
- Ripidium bengalense (Retz.) Grassl
- Saccharum bengalense Retz.
- Saccharum ciliare Andersson
- Saccharum elegans (Jeswiet) Veldkamp
- Saccharum munja Roxb.
- Saccharum sara Roxb.
Photos
Photo: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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). About our plant data.