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Ingredient of the week: Sugarcane

Sugarcane juice (Image: Shutterstock)

Did you know that sugarcane, or muwa (plural miwa) in Kiswahili, is a perennial grass? They grow really tall -- anything from two feet to even 20 feet and taller.

The sugarcane trunk, which has a green hard cover, can be as thick as two inches in diameter. The base of the cane forms lateral shoots that produce multiple thick stems.

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