This section is from the book "Alcohol, Its Production, Properties, Chemistry, And Industrial Applications", by Charles Simmonds. Also available from Amazon: Alcohol: Its Production, Properties, Chemistry, And Industrial Applications.
Sugar Cane. | Saccharum officinarum, Linn. | Tropics. |
Sugar Corn...... | Zea Mays, Linn. | U.S.A. |
Sugar Sorghum. | Sorghum saccharatum, Mænch. | India; China: Japan; N. America. |
Grass Trees, or Black Boys. | Xanthorrhæa Preisii. | Australia. |
Sotol .... | Dasylirion texanum, Schult. | Mexico. |
Date Palm...... | Phoenix dactylifera, Linn. | India. |
Wild Date . . | Phoenix sylvestris, Roxb. | India. |
V. Leaves: -
Utschkui. | Heracleum sphondylium, Linn. | Europe and N. Asia. |
Sisal Hemp or Henequen. | A gave rigida, Mill., var. sisalana, Pers. | Yucatan. |
 
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