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Sorghum

Sorghum is a type of grain that grows tall like grass. It is used to make food like bread, porridge, and animal feed. Sorghum comes in different colors like red, white, and brown.

Hábitat: Farms

Aspecto

The Sorghum is a tall, grass-like plant with broad leaves resembling corn, typically growing in dense clumps. It features a distinctive, large seed head (panicle) at the top, which can vary in color from pale cream to reddish-brown as it ripens, making it visually distinct.

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Sorghum

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Datos interesantes

Beyond food, specific types of sorghum are harvested to make brooms and brushes!

Did you know sorghum is the fifth most important cereal crop globally? It feeds millions!

Some sorghum varieties grow so tall, they can be taller than a basketball hoop!

The sturdy stalks of sorghum can even be used to create biofuel for energy!

Habilidades especiales

Sorghum can survive long dry spells thanks to waxy leaves that hold water and deep roots to reach moisture.

Sorghum has a special way to turn sunshine into energy, called C4 photosynthesis, making it efficient in hot, sunny places.

Sorghum can grow well even in poor soils by efficiently using nitrogen, an important nutrient, to thrive.

Medidas y detalles

Altura: 100-500 cm
Extensión: 30-60 cm
Tamaño de la flor: 0.1-0.5 cm
Temporada de floración: Verano
Comestible: Sí
Toxicidad: Ninguna
Ciclo de vida: Anual
Método de polinización: Viento

Conexiones ecológicas

eats

Greenbug

Schizaphis graminum

Feeds on sorghum leaves, causing damage.

eats

African Maize Stalk Borer

Busseola fusca

Larvae bore into stems, weakening the plant.

eats

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Flocks feast on ripening grain in fields.

eaten by

Cattle

Bos taurus

Cultivated and consumed as a nutritious forage crop.

Rasgos

Cultivo de grano

Este rasgo de uso humano denota especies cultivadas como cultivos de granos, cosechadas por sus semillas secas comestibles (granos), que son una fuente de alimento básico.