Sorghum is a genus o numerous species o gresses, ane o which is raised for grain an mony o which are uised as fother plants, either cultivatit or as pairt o pastur. The plants are cultivatit in wairmer climates warldwide. Species are native tae tropical an subtropical regions o aw continents in addeetion tae the soothwast Paceefic an Australasie. Sorghum is in the subfaimily Panicoideae an the tribe o Andropogoneae (the tribe o big bluestem an succar cane).