noble cane

Japanese: noble cane(英語表記)noblecane
noble cane

...The spikelet consists of a single bisexual flower, and the seeds are extremely small, less than 1 mm long. It was thought to have originated along the Ganges River in India, but it is believed to have originated in New Guinea, and its cultivation spread to tropical Pacific islands and Southeast Asia in the past. Interspecific hybridization occurred in various places, and the modern cultivated sugarcane, noble cane, was created, which is now thought to be widely cultivated in the tropics around the world. The varieties cultivated on a large scale in commercial plantations are the ones developed through such hybridization. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "noble cane" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…小穂は両性の1花からなり,種子はきわめて小さく,長さ1mmにみたない。 原産はインドのガンジス川沿岸と考えられていたが,ニューギニア原産で,熱帯太平洋の島々や東南アジアに古くに栽培が広がり,各地で種間雑種が生じ,現在の栽培サトウキビnoble caneが作り出され,それが現在では全世界の熱帯で広く栽培されるようになったと推定される。企業的なプランテーションで大規模栽培されているのも,そのような交雑によって育成された品種群である。…

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