is reasonably easy to obtain from large grocers. The sugar cane bought for cooking consists of the stem, the leaves being chopped off in the cane fields. The cane should be very carefully peeled with a strong, sharp knife.
Sugar cane originated on the island of New Guinea in the South Pacific and was widely used in ancient India. the Arabs brought the plant to medieval Spain and the first Spanish explorers carried it to the New World.
A tall grass of tropical and warm regions with tough, jointed stalks that can be processed to produce sugar.