Sorghum

sorghum Sorghum bicolor (formerly vulgare), a cereal related and similar to and sometimes confused with millet, is an important staple food of the upland, drier parts of Africa and India. In other parts of the world it is chiefly grown as animal fodder. It is native to Africa, and was probably first cultivated in Ethiopia between 4000 and 3000 bc. It spread thence to W. Africa, the Near East, India, and China, and later to the New World.