Sugarcane and citronella from the same root are clustered. It comes from an Asian proverb: "Climb together when you meet a mountain, cross together when you meet a ditch", and "Sugarcane grows in the same hole and citronella grows in clusters".

"Climb together when you meet a mountain, cross together when you meet a ditch", "Sugarcane grows in the same hole, and citronella is clustered". At the 2022 annual meeting of Boao Forum for Asia, guests from many countries unanimously reached an understanding of working together to overcome the difficulties.