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History. The two centers of domestication for sugarcane are one for Saccharum officinarum by Papuans in New Guinea and another for Saccharum sinense by Austronesians in Taiwan and southern China. Papuans and Austronesians originally primarily used sugarcane as food for domesticated pigs.
Learn about the origins, spread and evolution of sugar cane, a tropical grass that produces sugar crystals. Discover how sugar cane is grown, harvested and refined in different regions and countries around the world.
26 Οκτ 2024 · Sugarcane, (Saccharum officinarum), perennial grass of the family Poaceae, primarily cultivated for its juice from which sugar is processed. Most of the world’s sugarcane is grown in subtropical and tropical areas. The plant is also grown for biofuel production, especially in Brazil, as the canes.
Sugarcane was originally domesticated around 8000 BC in New Guinea. From there knowledge about this plant slowly moved toward east across Southeast Asia until it reached India, where the first organized production of sugar began during middle of 1st millennia BC.
While chewing sugar cane for its sweet taste was likely done in prehistory, the first indications of the domestication of sugar cane were around 8000 BCE. Follow sugar’s historical journey across the world and the advances in technology that allow us to enjoy sugar today.
Spanish colonisers joined suit and grew sugar cane across the Caribbean. By the 16th century, sugar cane had made it to Madeira, an Atlantic Island colonised by Portugal. It was here that sugar cane was first cultivated explicitly for large-scale refinement and trade.
Sugar is made by green plants through photosynthesis, a natural process that turns sunlight into energy. Sugar is harvested from sugar beets, root vegetables that grow in cooler climates, and sugar cane plants, tropical grasses that grow up to 20 feet tall.
