Durra

Durra, the Arabian name for the Indian millet, Sorghum vulgare, which is generally known in India as Jowar, and in the West Indies as Negro or Guinea corn. Of unknown origin, this strong-growing grass, which reaches 4, 8, or even 16 feet in height, and produces a crop of its round brownish-red grain upwards of a hundredfold that sown, is largely cultivated in China, India, Egypt, Equatorial Africa, Southern Europe, and the United States. Its sweet culm and its leaves, which are 2 inches broad and 2-1/2 feet long, afford excellent fodder; but it is still more valued as a cereal. In England it is used as poultry-food.