Sugar cane

Sugar cane is a perennial grasses in the grass family which may be three to four feet high. The plant is originated in New Guinea. The sap from the sugar cane is boiled and crystallized and turned into sugar. In Southeast Asia, sold freshly squeezed sugar cane juice directly from small street stalls. Distilled sugar syrup becomes an alcoholic drink - rum. An increasing proportion of sugar cane used to produce ethanol as a fuel. Half of the world's sugar comes from plantations in Brazil and India.