Sugarcane is an annual or perennial tropical and subtropical herb, belonging to C4 crop.

Sugarcane cylindrical stems are erect, tillering, clustered, jointed and have buds on the nodes; Solid internodes, covered with wax powder, purple or yellow-green, etc.; Leaves are clustered with thick white midrib; Large panicles are terminal and have long silver hairs at the base of spikelets and small rectangular or ovoid caryopsis.

Sugarcane is a tall and sturdy perennial herb. Rhizomes are stout and developed. The height of the stem is 3-5(-6) meters. The diameter is 2-4(-5) cm, and there are 20-40 nodules. The lower nodules are short and thick and covered with white powder.

Ordinary fruit, most of us can eat the pulp directly and taste the delicious pulp. But for sugarcane, we usually bite and suck juice to eat. We eat sugarcane juice instead of pulp. We can also see the difference between sugarcane and fruit.

1. Fruit is the general name of edible fruit with much water.

According to this definition, sugarcane can only meet the first half, because sugarcane has its own fruit, that is, its seeds, similar to sorghum seeds.

Fruit is defined as: the pistil of angiosperms is pollinated and fertilized, and the ovary or other parts of flowers (such as flower receptacle, calyx, etc.). ) participate in development.

Fruits generally include peels and seeds, which play the role of reproduction and reproduction. Under natural conditions, some fruits are produced without pollination and fertilization. This kind of fruit has no seeds or seeds are sterile, so it is called seedless fruit, such as seedless oranges and bananas.

The unfertilized ovary is seedless fruit, such as tomato and grape, due to some stimulation (such as NAA or GA3 treatment). According to the definition of fruit, sugarcane is not a fruit. There are many edible plants like this, such as cold potato (root), sweet potato (root), kohlrabi and so on.

2, the efficacy of sugar cane: sugar cane has the effect of nourishing and clearing away heat, and can also effectively relieve symptoms such as hypoglycemia, especially for dry stools, it also has a good thirst quenching effect, and can also play a role in clearing away heat and promoting fluid production and moistening the lungs.

It should be noted that sugar cane is cold, so people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, as well as people with bad stomach at ordinary times, must be careful not to eat too much when eating. Usually sugar cane and rice can also be cooked into porridge, which not only has the effect of health preservation, but also tastes sweet.