Sugar cane (sugar cane) - sugar cane (English spelling)

Japanese: サトウキビ(砂糖黍) - サトウキビ（英語表記）sugar cane

Also known as kansho (sugar cane; conventional reading of kansha) (illustration). A large perennial grass of the Poaceae family that is important as a sugar crop. The stem (illustration) is cylindrical and upright, with many nodes, 2-4 m in height, and the thicker ones can reach a diameter of 4 cm or more, and the outer skin is covered with a waxy substance. The leaves are alternate at each node, and the leaf sheaths envelop the stem, with leaf blades 0.5-1 m long and 1.5-5 cm wide. When mature, a large panicle measuring 50-60 cm long is produced at the apex of the stem. Each ear has 24,000-30,000 spikelets, but is generally self-sterile.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

別名カンショ(甘蔗。かんしゃの慣用読み)（イラスト）。糖料作物として重要なイネ科の大型の多年草。茎（イラスト）は円柱形で直立し，多くの節をもち，高さ2～4m，直径は太いものになると4cm以上となり，外皮は蠟物質でおおわれる。葉は各節に互生し，葉鞘（ようしよう）は茎を抱き，葉身は長さ0.5～1m，幅1.5～5cm。成熟すると茎頂に長さ50～60cmになる大型の円錐花序をつける。1穂に2万4000～3万の小穂があるが，一般に自家不稔である。

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