EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: SACSP
• Preferred name: Saccharum spontaneum
• Authority: Linnaeus

Southern and eastern Mediterranean, Central Asia (Turkmenistan to Kazakhstan), Western Asia (Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia (Sumatra, Java, Malaya, Philippines), Japan, Korea, Ghana to Somalia and Tanzania, New Guinea, Australia (Northern, Queensland). The most widespread of the parent species of S. officinarum (q.v.). Introduced in Italy, Madagascar, USA (Florida), Central America, Caribbean (Cuba)

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