Article Nº 3516 Plant Vol. III · p. 567
Sorghum (Andropogon Sorghum)
Original title: Sorgo (Andropogon Sorghum)
Sorghum, a grass introduced to Madeira in 1856 and once grown in northern parishes and Ribeira Brava to make aguardente; also a good fodder.
A grass introduced to Madeira in 1856. It is native to tropical Asia and perhaps Africa, and was once widely grown in some parishes in the north of the island and in Ribeira Brava (‘wild river’), where the juice extracted from its stalks was used to make spirit (aguardente, distilled from sugar cane or wine). Sorghum, also known as cana milho and canica, is a good fodder, and its grain yields a flour that is used for human food in some countries.
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