Facts about Kans Grass or Wild Sugarcane : Saccharum spontaneum or wild sugarcane belongs to the Poaceae family. It is also known as the kans flower or the Kasatandi flower. This perennial grass can grow up to two-three meters in height. At the end of the monsoon white flowers from the grass attract people as it looks like a white wave of the sea that flows silently.
Facts about Kans Grass or Wild Sugarcane
- The kans flower is a member of the grass family, Poaceae. These flowers are mostly found in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. The riverside areas, floodplains, and most of the grasslands are covered by the kans flower. This bulk amount of kans become the home of many organisms like rhinoceros, jackals, wild cats, etc.
Importance of Kans flower –
This grass is used to make verity of decorative material.
Kans flower and Indian festival season
If you go to India you can feel that these flowers come just at the end of the monsoon and welcome the festive season in India. Places like Odisha and West Bengal have a special relation with this flower.
Facts about Kans Grass or Wild Sugarcane
They welcome Maa Durga and as per the Hindu belief and these flowers bloom at that particular time (end of rainy season) when Durga puja is near. You can see a large amount of bloomed kans flowers everywhere just like a white blanket of kans flowers covering the ground.
The beauty of this white flower along with perfect weather will blow your mood for sure.
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