Sorghum bicolor logogriph,broomcorn, durra, forage sorghum, grain sorghum, great millet, Kaffir-corn, milo, shallu sorghum, sweet sorghum,Milo,sorgo, gros mil, sorgho,daza, sorgo forrajero?
Article Content:
- .Basic Botanical Info:Sorghum bicolor.
- .Sorghum bicolor Basic Botanical Description.
- .Distribution and Habitat of Sorghum bicolor.
- .Sorghum bicolor PhytoChemistry and Constituents.
- .History:Grain Sorghum (Milo).
- .Uses in Common of Grain Sorghum.
- .Economics of Production and Markets.
- .Sweet sorghum in China.
- .Research Update:Sorghum bicolor.
Basic Botanical Info:Sorghum bicolor.
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench)
Family: Poaceae
Genus:Sorghum Moench
Species:Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Propagation: Seed
Common Name: Sorghum,Sorghum (Eng.) graansorghum (Afr);mabele (Pedi,Sotho,Ndebele);amabele(Z) amazimba (Xhosa).
Scientific Name: Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
Synonym: Sorghum guineense Stapf, Sorghum nervosum Besser ex Schultes
Other Latin names: Holcus bicolor L.
Includes var. cafer (Koern.) Fosb. Sachet, var. obovatum (Hack.) Fosb. Sachet, var. rotundulum (Snowden) Fosb. Sachet, var. subglabrescens (Steud.) Fosb.Sachet, var. subglobosum (Hack.), var. technicum (Koern.) Stapf ex Holland and var. transiens (Hack.) Fosb. Sachet.
Common name(s):
English: broomcorn, durra, forage sorghum, grain sorghum, great millet, Kaffir-corn, milo, shallu sorghum, sweet sorghum,Milo
French: gros mil, sorgho
Spanish: sorgo, daza, sorgo forrajero
Other: tarap (Cook Islands), kola (Tonga)
Habit: grass
Native range: Northern Africa.
Sorghum bicolor Definition:
n : important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged
leaves [syn: great millet, kaffir, kafir corn, kaffir corn, Sorghum bicolor]
Engl.: broomcorn, sorghum, Guinea corn. Suom.: durra. Sven.: durra. Bot. syn.: Andropogon drummondii Nees ex Steud., Holcus bicolor L., Holcus saccharatus L., Holcus sorghum L., Sorghum aethiopicum (Hackel) Rupr. ex Stapf, Sorghum arundinaceum (Desv.) Stapf, Sorghum caffrorum (Retz.) Beauv., Sorghum cernuum (Ard.) Host, Sorghum dochna (Forsk.) Snowden, Sorghum drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Millsp. ex Chase p.p., Sorghum durra (Forsk.) Stapf, Sorghum guineense Stapf, Sorghum lanceolatum Stapf, Sorghum nervosum Besser ex Schultes, Sorghum saccharatum (L.) Moench, Sorghum subglabrescens Schweinf.Aschers., Sorghum verticilliflorum (Steud) Stapf, Sorghum vulgare Pers..
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1.Sorghum bicolor logogriph,broomcorn, durra, forage sorghum, grain sorghum, great millet, Kaffir-corn, milo, shallu sorghum, sweet sorghum,Milo,sorgo, gros mil, sorgho,daza, sorgo forrajero?
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