Sugar cane is pronounced zhè.

Sugar cane is a perennial herbaceous plant with an erect, knobbly stem, which contains a lot of sweet juice and can be eaten raw or made into sugar.

Sugar cane color, there are two major categories of green skin, purple skin, commonly known as red sugar cane, white sugar cane or green sugar cane, black sugar cane. The former has a green skin, also known as bamboo cane, is coarse and hard, not suitable for raw food, has a high yield and high sugar content.

The latter skin ink red, stem meat rich in fibrous juicy, sweet, tender and crispy, eaten without being greasy. According to the different uses of the formation of two major categories: one for sugar, its fiber is more developed, conducive to pressing, sugar is higher, generally 12% -18%, high sugar yield, this category is called sugar cane or raw material sugar cane; the other category is mainly used as a fruit to eat, its fiber is less, sufficient water, sugar is lower, generally 8% to 10% or so, known as the fruit cane or meat cane.

KangXi Dictionary:

Shenji Shang艸字部 cane; KangXi Stroke: 17.

TangYunYunYunHuiZhengYun? The night cut, sound Tsu. The jade chapter sugar cane also. Zhang Heng - Nandu Fu all cane ginger? Southern grass and trees like sugar cane is said to be sugar cane, born of Artist, around a few inches, long more than ten feet, broken and eaten, very sweet.　It is also connected with Tsuge. Chu Ci - Zhaoyu? Soft and soft, there are some of Tsuge pulp. Note: Cudrania is known as sugarcane.

Sima Xiangru - Zi Xu Fu Zhu Zhe Ba Tho.　And Tang Rhyme ancient sound read Zhu. Sugarcane a Ganju, North and South sound different. Examination: [Sima Xiangru - Shanglin Fu Ganzhe Ba Tho.]]　According to the original text, Shanglin Fu was changed to Zixu Fu. Ganzhe changed Zhuzhe.