The definition of sugarcane or roshan

Cane crop is classified as a shrub with the Latin name Saccharum officinarum. In the area of ​​West Java called Tiwu, in Central Java and East Java called Cane or Rosan. Sugarcane grows in tropical and sub tropic areas up to 20oC isoterm line between 19oLU-35oLS. Good soil conditions for sugar cane are not too dry and not too wet, but the roots of sugar cane plants are very sensitive to the lack of air in the soil, so the irrigation and drainage must be highly considered.

Seen from soil type, sugarcane plant can grow well in various soil types such as alluvial soil, grumosol, latosol and regusol with altitude between 0-1400 m above sea level. However,
the most suitable land is less than 500 m above sea level. While at an altitude of 1200 m above sea level, plant growth is relatively slow.

Stalks of sugarcane plants stand straight and segments that are bounded with books. In each book there are buds. The stems of the sugar cane plant come from the shoots under the ground that grows outward and grows to form clumps. Stem diameter between 3-5 cm with stem height between 2-5 meters and not branching.

The roots of the sugarcane plant include not long fiber roots that sprout from the tiller buds. In the stem growth phase, also formed the roots of the upper part due to the provision of land as a place to grow.

Sugarcane leaves bow-shaped arrows like ribbons, riveted right and left, sprinkled like corn leaves and stemless. Leaf bone is parallel, amid grooved. The edges of the leaves are sometimes wavy and hairy.