Sorghum bicolor

Sorghum bicolor

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Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.
Engl.: broomcorn, sorghum, black amber, chicken corn, durra, Guinea corn, perennial sweet Sudan, shattercane, wild cane.
Deu.: Mohrenhirse, Durra, Zuckerhirse.
Sven.: durra.
Suom.: kirjodurra.
Bot. syn.: Andropogon drummondii Nees ex Steud., Holcus bicolor L., Holcus saccharatus L., Holcus sorghum L., Milium nigricans Ruiz & Pav., Sorghum aethiopicum (Hackel) Rupr. ex Stapf, Sorghum arundinaceum (Desv.) Stapf, Sorghum caffrorum (Retz.) Beauv., Sorghum cernuum (Ard.) Host, Sorghum dochna (Forsk.) Snowden, Sorghum drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Millsp. ex Chase p.p., Sorghum durra (Forsk.) Stapf, Sorghum guineense Stapf, Sorghum lanceolatum Stapf, Sorghum nervosum Besser ex Schultes, Sorghum saccharatum (L.) Moench, Sorghum subglabrescens Schweinf. & Aschers., Sorghum technicum (Koern.) Batt. & Trab., Sorghum verticilliflorum (Steud) Stapf, Sorghum vulgare Pers.