Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Sorghum bicolor subsp. bicolor

Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum (Steud.) de Wet ex Wiersema & J.Dahlb.

Sorghum bicolor nothosubsp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aboku	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
akaono	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
apoorva champaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bachanta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bijapuspika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilee jola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bili jola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bondajanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
broom-corn	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
broomcorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chavala	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
chavela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chettu sampangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
choiam	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
cholam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinakkampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirucanpakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
colam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
connavai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukkumapacikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dakkn	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daza	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
devadhanyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhurat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dirgamah	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
dirghamala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dirghashara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
durra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dwar	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
enegaar jola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
feterita	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
florence whisk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
forage sorghum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gao liang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gewöhnliche mohrenhirse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gidda jonna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
grain sorghum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
great millet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gros mil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ikshupatraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
imphee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irunkucolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
italian whisk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
janera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
janu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
javar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
javrase-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jawar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jawari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jawars	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
joar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jogala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jolah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
jomdhlo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jondhala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jondla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jonna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
jonnala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jonnalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jovaari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jowaar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jowar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jowari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
juar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
juari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jundri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jurnah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
juvarijondhla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadaval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaffir-corn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kamanda mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kananga mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanggni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karal iringu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
katthe sampige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu jola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kenjol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kondajanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kpokpo	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
kshetrekshu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lokoman	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
makkaseelam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
milo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
milo millet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
morokoshi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nattuccolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neer jola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nercolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nickende mohrenhirse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nirgol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nn	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ogaru jola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
okababa	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
pachha jonna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paneraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
perakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poroporo	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
raamudi thalam braalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktakhumah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktakhurnah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sakre jola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shallu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shatter cane	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shikhari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sorgho	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sorghum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sorgo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
sthala jola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
subhra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
susu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sweet sor	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
taam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tattaiyatitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tellajanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tevataniyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thellajanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tittippuccolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vana sampige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrittatandula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yaava-naala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
yavanala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yengara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zonnalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zorrat	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
zura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zurna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zurrat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ذرّت	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
高粱	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
高粱根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
高粱米糠	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, whole plant, grains		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Seed		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
seeds, leaves	dry seeds, dry leaves	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
leaves		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
grains		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. Fl. Lusit. 1: 88 (1804).
Sorghum vulgare Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 101 (1805), nom. superfl.
Andropogon bicolor (L.) Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 21 (1814).
Andropogon sorghum var. bicolor (L.) Körn. in F.A.Körnicke & H.Werner, Handb. Getreidebaus 1: 313 (1885).
Andropogon sorghum var. vulgaris Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 515 (1889), nom. superfl.
Andropogon vulgaris Raspail Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 307 (1825), nom. superfl.
Holcus bicolor L. Mant. Pl. 2: 301 (1771).
Holcus sorghum L. Sp. Pl.: 1047 (1753).
Milium bicolor (L.) Cav. Elench. Pl. Horti Matr.: 24 (1803).
Milium sorghum (L.) Cav. Descr. Pl.: 306 (1802).
Panicum frumentaceum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 18 (1796), nom. superfl.
Rhaphis sorghum (L.) Roberty Fl. Ouest-Afr.: 403 (1954).
Sorghum saccharatum var. bicolor (L.) Kerguélen Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 262 (1975).
Sorghum saccharatum var. vulgare Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 793 (1891).
Sorghum sorghum (L.) H.Karst. Ill. Repert. Pharm.-Med. Bot.: 357 (1886), not validly publ.
Sorghum vulgare subsp. bicolor (L.) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 1: 270 (1952).
Sorghum vulgare var. bicolor (L.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 101 (1805).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Andropogon sorghum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Sorghom vulgare Pers.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sorghum bicolor	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
Sorghum bicolor (Linn) Moench	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Sorghum bicolor L.	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
Sorghum vulgare	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Sorghum vulgare (Linn.) Pers.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Sorghum vulgare Pers	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sorghum vulgare Pers.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sorghum vulgare Persoon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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