Saccharum spontaneum

Saccharum spontaneum (wild sugarcane,^[1] kans grass) is a grass native throughout much of tropical and subtropical Asia, northern Australia, and eastern and northern Africa.^[2] It is a perennial grass, growing up to three meters in height, with spreading rhizomatous roots.^[3][4]

Kans grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Genus:	Saccharum
Species:	S. spontaneum
Binomial name
Saccharum spontaneum L.

Kans grass (Saccharum spontaneum)

The plant has hybridized with Saccharum officinarum, a domesticated sugarcane. The hybridization has produced Saccharum barberi and Saccharum sinense.^[5]

See also

• Domesticated plants and animals of Austronesia