Wild sugar cane PRODUCT NAME
Saccharum spontaneum L. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Talahib |
| Local Name: | FILIPINO : Bugand, Tigbao (Bisaya); Sikal (Isabela); Sidda (Iloko); Talahib (Tagalog, Bicol). ENGLISH : Wild cane, Wild sugar cane, Fodder cane, Thatch grass. FRENCH : Canne à sucre fourragère, Canne sauvage. MALAY : Tebrau putih, Gelagah (Indonesia), Glagah (Java), Tebu salah. MALAYALAM : Nannana, Kusa. |
| Family: | Poaceae/Gramineae |
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| Product Description: | A rank-growing, sod-forming grass about 1.m in height. Burning or cutting these grasses seems to have no injuries effect on the stand but rather causes an increase in the rate of growth. |
| NTFP Classification: | Crafts and furniture making, Feed, fodder and fuelwood |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | These grasslands originated in the flowering manner. When a forest clear cut and cultivated by primitive methods, grass and weeds invade the area |
USES AND PARTS USED
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| Management Practices: | In some regions the culms are used for shafts of arrows, while they are very frequently utilized for making temporary fences, and for wings or runs to fish weirs. In some provinces they are used as wattles for making hose walls. The stalks, entire or split, have been utilized by some schools in industrial work for making brooms, hats, screens, pictures frames, and wall pockets. The panicles are occasionally utilized for stuffing pillows. |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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| External Links: | http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Saccharum.html#officinarum |
