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Sorghum

Sorghum
Sorghum.jpg
Sorghum bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Genus: Sorghum
Moench 1794, conserved name not Sorgum Adanson 1763
Type species
Sorghum bicolor
(L.) Conrad Moench
Synonyms
  • Blumenbachia Koeler 1802, rejected name not Schrad. 1825 (Loasaceae)
  • Sarga Ewart
  • Vacoparis Spangler
  • Andropogon subg. Sorghum Hackel.
Sorghum, grain
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 1,377 kJ (329 kcal)
72.1 g
Dietary fiber 6.7 g
3.5 g
10.6 g
Vitamins
Thiamine (B1)
(29%)
0.33 mg
Riboflavin (B2)
(8%)
0.1 mg
Niacin (B3)
(25%)
3.7 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5)
(8%)
0.4 mg
Vitamin B6
(34%)
0.44 mg
Folate (B9)
(5%)
20 μg
Minerals
Calcium
(1%)
13 mg
Iron
(26%)
3.4 mg
Magnesium
(46%)
165 mg
Manganese
(76%)
1.6 mg
Phosphorus
(41%)
289 mg
Potassium
(8%)
363 mg
Sodium
(0%)
2 mg
Zinc
(18%)
1.7 mg

Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults.

Sorghum is a genus of plants in the grass family. Seventeen of the twenty-five species are native to Australia, with the range of some extending to Africa, Asia, Mesoamerica, and certain islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

One species is grown for grain, while many others are used as fodder plants, either intentionally cultivated or allowed to grow naturally, in pasture lands. The plants are cultivated in warm climates worldwide and naturalized in many places.Sorghum is in the subfamily Panicoideae and the tribe Andropogoneae (the tribe of big bluestem and sugarcane).

One species, Sorghum bicolor, native to Africa with many cultivated forms now, is an important crop worldwide, used for food (as grain and in sorghum syrup or "sorghum molasses"), animal fodder, the production of alcoholic beverages, and biofuels. Most varieties are drought- and heat-tolerant, and are especially important in arid regions, where the grain is one of the staples for poor and rural people. These varieties form important components of pastures in many tropical regions. S. bicolor is an important food crop in Africa, Central America, and South Asia, and is the fifth-most important cereal crop grown in the world.


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