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sorghum
Common Names
lohata or lesasaoka, or kissar from sorghum, paste, porridge, sorghum
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sorghum is commonly consumed in 29 countries.
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Angola
Benin
Botswana
Common name: Sorghum, lohata or lesasaoka
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Common name: paste, porridge, or kissar from sorghum
Congo
Cote d'Ivoire
DRC
Djibouti
El Salvador
Gambia
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Haiti
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Pakistan
Senegal
Common name: sorghum, sorghum
Somalia
Tunisia
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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Family
Poaceae
Species
Sorghum bicolor
Part Consumed
Seeds
Centers of Origin
Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
Other Resources
Periodic Table of Food
Food composition data on Periodic Table of Food Initiative coming in a future release
