Comparison Chart for Species of Sorghum

  • Character

    Sorghum almum

    Sorghum bicolor

    Sorghum halepense

    spikelet shape

    narrowly ovate

    broadly ovate (less broad in nothossp. drummondii)

    narrowly ovate

    spikelet width

    1.5–2.5 mm

    2–4 mm

    1.5–2.3 mm

    spikelet size relative to caryopsis

    about the same length as caryopsis

    about the same length as caryopsis

    markedly longer than caryopsis