| Tripidium arundinaceum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Genus: | Tripidium |
| Species: | T. arundinaceum |
| Binomial name | |
| Tripidium arundinaceum (Retz.) Welker, Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg [1] | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Tripidium arundinaceum, synonym Saccharum arundinaceum, [1] commonly known as hardy sugar cane,[ citation needed ] is a grass native to tropical and subtropical Asia from India to Korea and New Guinea. [1]
In the Tamil language it is known as நாணல் − nāṇal.[ citation needed ] In the Assamese language it is known as মেগেলা কুঁহিয়াৰ − meghela kuhiyaar, with the word kuhiyaar meaning sugarcane.[ citation needed ]