Taxon:
Saccharum spontaneum L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Mant. pl. 2:183. 1771
Verified:
07/02/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
fodder cane – wild sugarcane –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | n. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Oman | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Anhui Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guizhou Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Henan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hubei Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hunan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangsu Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangxi Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shaanxi Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Sichuan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Xizang Zizhiqu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Zhejiang Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Turkmenistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Arunachal Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Assam | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Bihar | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Gujarat | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Himachal Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Jammu and Kashmir | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Karnataka | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Kerala | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Maharashtra | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Manipur | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Meghalaya | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Nagaland | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Odisha | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Tamil Nadu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Tripura | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Uttar Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | West Bengal | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | Sicilia | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere, incl. Mesoamerica |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon (n.)
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Malawi
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman, Saudi Arabia
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Israel, Lebanon
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Turkmenistan
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CHINA:
China [Anhui Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, Xizang Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India [Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh], Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Italy [Sicilia]
Naturalized
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | potential for erosion control | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:195. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Environmental | revegetator | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:195. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Harmful organism host | crop diseases | | Holm, L. et al. 1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York. 697. |
Harmful organism host | crop pests | | Holm, L. et al. 1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York. 697. |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds |