Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical grassland

Range

Africa

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Uncommon

About

Sorghums are a type of grass that grow in clumps and can reach over 13 feet tall. The grain is 2 to 4 millimeters in diameter and is harvested for its nutritional value.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Sorghum

Species

Sorghum bicolor