Ipwa kana kuti mukaruka idzinde rinotaridzika semapfunde rinodyiwa nokuda kwekutapira kwemuto waro. Vamwe vatauri vanoti magunde. Ipwa dzinowanzodyarwa muminda yakarimwa chibage dzichizodyiwa mumwedzi April - June. Ipwa dzinoita mwonzora unenge wemapfunde asi tsanga dzacho hadzijiwe mumatunhu mazhinji. Gunde repwa rinonaka asi hariiswi mudura. The stalk of sugar cane is sweet but it cannot be stored in a granary. Takabva neko kumhunga hakuna ipwa. VaVenda vanoti mphwe kana dziphwe (n. sweet sorgham) vachireva ipwa VaSwahili vanoti kota kana makota (a type of millet chewed like sugar-cane) kureva ipwa. VaZigula vanoti vigua kana viguwa (n. sorgham stocks) vachireva magunde emapfunde.