Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)

Sorghum bicolor, commonly called sorghum, is a species of grass in the genus Sorghum grown mainly as an annual, though some cultivated forms are perennial, with clumps that can rise more than four meters high and grain measuring two to four millimeters across. It was domesticated more than five thousand years ago in eastern Sudan, in the area of the Atbara and Gash rivers, and sorghum bread found at a Predynastic Egyptian site dates back roughly five thousand one hundred years. It is the world fifth most important cereal crop after rice, wheat, maize and barley, with global production reaching fifty seven million tonnes in 2023 and the United States the largest single producer at fourteen percent of output. Its grain is eaten by people, the plant is fed to livestock, and it is also processed into ethanol and traditional beverages across the cultures that grow it.