Sorghum is a genus of numerous species of grasses, one of which is raised for grain and many of which are used as fodder plants either cultivated or as part of pasture.

The plants are cultivated in warmer climates worldwide.

Species are native to tropical and subtropical regions of all continents in addition to the southwest Pacific and Australasia.

Sorghum is in the subfamily Panicoideae and the tribe Andropogoneae (the tribe of big bluestem and sugar cane).