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Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench   (redirected from: Sorghum cernuum (Ard.) Host)
Family: Poaceae
[Andropogon, moreAndropogon besseri Kunth, Andropogon bicolor (L.) Roxb., Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot., Andropogon sorghum , Andropogon sorghum var. cafer Koern., Andropogon sorghum var. cernuus Hack., Andropogon sorghum var. durra Hack., Andropogon sorghum var. nervosus Hack., Andropogon sorghum var. saccharatus Hack., Andropogon sorghum var. subglobosus Hack., Andropogon sorghum var. technicus Hack., Andropogon sorghum var. vulgaris Hack., Holcus bicolor L., Holcus caffrorum Thunb., Holcus cernuus Ard., Holcus dochna Forssk., Holcus durra Forssk., Holcus saccharatus L., Holcus sorghum L., Panicum caffrorum Retz., Sorghum , Sorghum bicolor var. subglobosum (Hack.) Snowden, Sorghum caffrorum (Thunb.) P.Beauv., Sorghum cernuum (Ard.) Host, Sorghum dochna (Forssk.) Snowden, Sorghum dochna var. technicum (Korn.) Snowden, Sorghum durra (Forssk.) Trab., Sorghum nervosum Besser ex Schultes, Sorghum nervosum var. flexibile Snowden, Sorghum saccharatum (L.) Moench, Sorghum technicum (Knicke) Roshevitz, Sorghum vulgare Pers., Sorghum vulgare var. durra (Forssk.) Hubb. & Rehder]
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Russia Flora: Plant 200—300 cm tall. Sheaths glabrous; leaf blades 20—80 mm wide, flat; ligule ciliate. Panicle 10—20 cm long, oval or ovate-oblong, relatively loose, erect, with primary branches branched almost from their very base, main axis of panicle longer than lateral branches. Spikelets 4—5.5 mm long, sessile spikelets obovate (widened toward apex), rarely almost rounded, obtuse. Lower glume at apex with relatively inconspicuous veins, without wrinkles, blackish. Lower lemma of fertile spikelet with awn 5—12 mm long. Caryopses whitish, protruding from glumes.

Cultivated as forage and grain crop in Amur, Khabarovsk and Primorye. Native range — apparently Mediterranean.

Note. In Primorye, Sudan grass (S. sudanense (Piper) Stapf) is also approved for cultivation.

Sorghum bicolor
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