Sudan grass

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Sudan grass
Sorghum durra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Subclass: Liliidae Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily: Panicoideae Genus: Sorghum Species: S. vulgare Subspecies: S. vulgare var. sudanense
Trinomial name
Sorghum vulgare var. sudanense Hitchc.

Sudan grass, Sorghum vulgare var. sudanense, is a species of grasses raised for grain, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Eastern Africa. The plant is cultivated in Southern Europe, South America, Central America, North America and Southern Asia, for a forage or cover crop.

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