Sudan grass facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sudan grass
Scientific classification
Genus:	Sorghum
Species:	× drummondii
Synonyms
Andropogon × drummondii Nees ex Steud. Andropogon × sudanensis (Piper) Leppan & Bosman Holcus × sudanensis (Piper) L.H.Bailey Sorghum × sudanense (Piper) Stapf Sorghum bicolor subsp. drummondii (Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse, 1993 Sorghum bicolor × Sorghum arundinaceum

Sorghum × drummondii (Sudan grass), is a hybrid-derived species of grass raised for forage and grain, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Eastern Africa. It may also be known as Sorghum bicolor × Sorghum arundinaceum after its parents. Some authorities consider all three species to be subspecies under S. bicolor.

The plant is cultivated in Southern Europe, South America, Central America, North America and Southern Asia, for forage or as a cover crop. When treated as a weed, it is known as shattercane. It is distinguished from the grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) by the grain (caryopsis) not being exposed at maturity.

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In Spanish: Sorghum × drummondii para niños