panicle

Updated: June 16, 2025

The creole cane and the cane of Otaheite* are planted in the month of April, the first at four, the second at five feet distance. It flowers in the month of October, if the plant be sufficiently vigorous; but the top is cut off before the panicle unfolds.

Alexander von Humboldt - Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2