Saccharum officinarum a member of the grass family (Poaceae), was first domesticated in New Guinea and the islands east of the Wallace Line by Papuans, where it is the modern center of diversity. From New Guinea it spread westwards to Southeast Asia, where it hybridized with Saccharum spontaneum.
Saccharum officinarum a member of the grass family (Poaceae), was first domesticated in New Guinea and the islands east of the Wallace Line by Papuans, where it is the modern center of diversity. From New Guinea it spread westwards to Southeast Asia, where it hybridized with Saccharum spontaneum.
