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