Sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum, here 3 or 4 meters tall, may be harvested by men wielding machetes or by a mechanical harvester. This tall cane field is near Cairns in Queensland, Australia.Sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum, here 3 or 4 meters tall, may be harvested by men wielding machetes or by a mechanical harvester. This tall cane field is near Cairns in Queensland, Australia.