Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Andropogon sorghum Brot. Fl., Holcus saccharatus L., Milium nigricans Ruiz & Pav., Sorghum guineense Stapf, Sorghum nervosum Besser ex Schultes, Sorghum vulgare var. cernuum (Ard.) Fiori & Paol.

Common names:

Afican millet (1840) (19)

Battari (1886, Subda Isles) (110)

Black millet (1890) (67)

Chicken corn (1901, IA) (56)

Chinese sugarcane [Chinese sugar cane] (1901, IA) (56)

Dokhna or dokhn (1886, Arabia) (110)

Egyptian rice-corn (1901, IA) (56)

Guinea corn (1876?-1901) (56, 92)

Imphee (1876-1901) (56, 92)

Indian Millet (1901, IA) (56)

Johnson grass [Johnson-grass] (1894, Neb) (75)

Kafir corn (1901, IA) (56)

Kao-liang (1886, Chinese "tall millet or great millet") (110)

Milium (77 AD, Pliny, possibly this species) (110)

Millet (1901, IA) (56)

Small maize (1876?) (92)

Sorghum (1890-Present) (50, 56, 67)

Sweet sorghum (1886) (110)

Tree millet (450 BC, Herodotus, possibly this species) (110)