name: Sorghum

flavor_db_name_variants: sorghum

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Sorghum

id: 177

name_scientific: Sorghum bicolor

description: Sorghum is a genus of numerous species of grasses, one of which is raised for grain and many of which are used as fodder plants, either cultivated or as part of pasture. The plants are cultivated in warmer climates worldwide. Species are native to tropical and subtropical regions of all continents in addition to the southwest Pacific and Australasia. Sorghum is in the subfamily Panicoideae and the tribe of Andropogoneae.

itis_id: 42108

wikipedia_id: Sorghum

picture_file_name: 177.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 263982

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:29:38.000Z

legacy_id: 187

food_group: Cereals and cereal products

food_subgroup: Cereals

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:24.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:18.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 4558

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00177