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The Origins of Sugar Cane

  • Bakker H
Springer US, (1999), 1-2
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4725-9_1
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Abstract

The generic name Saccharum was given to sugar cane by Linnaeus in 1753) It can be traced back to the Sanskrit word Karkara or Carkara, meaning gravel. The word was written Sakkara in the later Prakrit language. When the Arabs introduced sugar cane from India via...

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Bakker, H. (1999). The Origins of Sugar Cane. In Sugar Cane Cultivation and Management (pp. 1–2). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4725-9_1

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