Sorghum
ज्वारசோளம்ജോവാർ
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 76 cm
- wide
- 76 cm
Poaceae
Formerly Andropogon bicolor, Andropogon sorghum, Holcus bicolor, Holcus sorghum, and 3 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Annual or perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Africa, Indian SubcontinentKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, brownRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (11)
- Chinese
- 高梁, 高粱, 蜀黍
- Tamil
- சோளம், சோளம் சிறுதானியம்
- Welsh
- sorgwm
- Czech
- čirok obecný
- Finnish
- kirjodurra
- Dutch
- Kafferkoren
- Slovenian
- navadni sirek
- Simplified Chinese
- 蜀黍, 高粱
- Hindi
- ज्वार
- Bangla
- জোয়ার
- Malayalam
- ജോവാർ
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Sorghum bicolor (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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