Sugar sorghum
Title | Info |
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Common name | Sorghum, Sugar |
Scientific name | Sorghum bicolor |
Taxonomic group | Poaceae |
Source | Dan L. Perlman |
Economic botany | Food plants; Fermented products |
Food plants | Grains and cereals |
Keywords | Gramineae; Sorghum dochna according to some botanists |
Sorghum. First domesticated in Africa some 5,000 years ago, this grain spread to China and eventually to the USA. It is used in many ways: as fermented and unfermented porridge, flat cakes, and even as a beer ingredient. It also is used as animal feed. The stem may contain up to 16% sugar, which may be turned into syrup.