What is the original home of Sugarcane? Is India the origin of Sugarcane? Interesting to know!
Sugarcane is a tropical-semitropical plant belonging to the grass family. It was known to India from prehistoric times. It was used to produce cane sugar from very early days. The first Europeans to see sugarcane ware the invaders who cam with Alexander in 325 BC. One of them described it as a grass that produced honey without bees!
It was from India that its cultivation spread to Persia, and then on to other regions of West Asia and Africa. It was taken to the Western Hemisphere by the Jesuit missionaries.
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