Sugarcane Plants In The Garden: How To Grow Sugarcanes
A tropical grass native to Asia, sugarcane plants have been grown for over 4,000 years. Their first use was as a "chewing cane" in Melanesia, probably in New Guinea, from the indigenous strain Saccharum robustum. Sugarcane was then introduced into Indonesia and the farther reaches of the Pacific via the early Pacific islanders.