Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
  • Common name : Broom-corn, Great Millet, Suger Sorghum, Shattercane, Sorghum
  • Vernacular name :
    • Jonna (Telugu)
    • Jondla, Juari (Marathi)
    • Cholam (Malayalam)
    • Thalivirichan cholam (Tamil)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated crop
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Idukki district, Kollam district
    • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Native : Angola, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, India, Ivory Coa
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Introduced elsewhere
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah, T., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 274
    • Henry, Chithra & Balakrishnan (1989). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 3, Bor 1960
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sorghum bicolor. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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