Botanical description of Sugarcane

Sugarcane is a tall perennial tropical grass, which tillers at the base to produce unbranched stems of 2-8 m tall, and of around 5cm in diameter. It could be called as giant grass. It is cultivated for these thick stems or stalks or canes, from which the sugar is extracted. The botany of cane consists of roots, leaves, stem (stalk) and inflorescence.