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Distribution and Habitat of Sorghum bicolor.

Sorghum bicolor Extract Sorghum bicolor Moench photo picture image ;This crop plant has been cultivated in southern Africa for over 3 000 years.

Sorghum bicolor is an African crop, which is widely distributed throughout the world. Different cultivars are found in different regions depending on the climate. It is adapted to a wider range of ecological conditions. It is mostly a plant of hot, dry regions; still survive in a cool weather as well as waterlogged habitat.

According to People's Plants 2000 the most common cultivar in South Africa has compact elongated heads and was previously known as S .cafferorum. A form (previously known as S. dochna) with more sparse open heads is often grown for its sweet canes which are chewed like sugar cane.

Ecology:Self-pollination and cross-pollination by wind.
Origin: Africa. Time of introduction: Sorghum was introduced to the United States from Africa in the early part of the seventeenth century.
Sorghum bicolor Extract Sorghum bicolor Moench photo picture image

Growth habit Regrowth type:

Sorghums have a bunch growth habit with few to many upright tillers. Forage and grain sorghums tiller less than sudangrass and sorghum x sudangrass hybrids.
Invasive potential: Low. Sorghum requires full seed-bed preparation for good performance.

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