Sorghum

Sorghum is a genus in the grass family Poaceae. The plants are grown in warmer climates. Species grow naturally in tropical and subtropical regions of all continents in addition to Oceania and Australasia. Because many species of Sorghum are resistant to drought and high temperatures, it is a very important food source in the desert areas of Africa.

Sorghum
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Sorghum bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Andropogonodae
Tribe:	Andropogoneae
Genus:	Sorghum Moench 1794, conserved name not Sorgum Adanson 1763
Type species
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
Synonyms
Blumenbachia Koeler 1802, rejected name not Schrad. 1825 (Loasaceae) Sarga Ewart Vacoparis Spangler Andropogon subg. Sorghum Hackel.

Sorghum Media

• Piece of sorghum bread contained in basket S - Museo Egizio, Turin S 285 p09.jpg

  Piece of sorghum bread contained in basket, Predynastic Egypt, c. 3100 BC (5,100 years ago). Egyptian Museum, Turin

• "Another view of the making of sorghum molasses on the Fred Hatmaker farm in the Norris Dam reservoir area." - NARA - 532657.tif

  Making sweet sorghum molasses in rural Tennessee, 1933

• 2019 Sorghum map US.pdf

  Sorghum-growing areas of the US, the world's largest producer

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• Sorghum bicolor (Moench), grain type panicle, in a field in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

• दगडी ज्वारी, आटपाडी Dagadi Jowar, Aatpadi (Sorghum bicolor).jpg

  Crop Name - Jowar *Traditional variety - Dagadi Jowar*Botanical Name - Sorghum bicolor *Family - Poaceae *Place - Aatpadi, District - Sangali, State - Maharashtra, Country - India *Name of Grower - Shital Deshpande Photo credit - Yuvraj Shingate

• Sorghum bicolor (s. lat.) p. p. sl32.jpg

  Branch of panicle with spikelets

• Sorghum harvest at the shore of Lake Hayq Ethiopia.jpg

  Sorghum harvest at the shore of Lake Hayq, Ethiopia, 2012

• Sorghum Harvest.jpg

  Harvesting sorghum in Oklahoma, USA, with a combine harvester