Sugar cane crop (Saccharum officinarum). On the right is sugar cane that is ready to be harvested. The stems will be chopped down and transported to a

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Sugar cane crop (Saccharum officinarum). On the right is sugar cane that is ready to be harvested. The stems will be chopped down and transported to a factory for processing. The roots will be left alone, so that the crop can re-grow (left). Sugar cane is a bamboo-like tropical grass grown to make sugar (sucrose). Photographed in Barbados.

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