Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Sorghum bicolor, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced7 Source not recorded8 Not on the record10 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) Moench	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Methodus: 207 (1794)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1794	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Great millet	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	a cultigen from African Sahel	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	207 cm	207 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 116, 500, 818, 882, 918	Sourced
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 500, 882, 918	Sourced
Flower color	empty	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	empty	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit color	empty	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit shape	caryopsis	caryopsis · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Growth rate	empty	Rapid · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Maximum height	250 cm	250 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 116, 500, 818, 882, 918	Sourced
Phenology
Duration	annual, perennial	annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 17 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 71, 92, 110, 460, 818, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 110, 444, 445	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	93 cm	93 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	21.4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 228	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	fodder · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	Medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, 1794 20% complete

Great millet

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