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Table 5
- Infra-specific folk taxonomy in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) in Ethiopia: folk nomenclature, classification, and criteria

The possible number of varieties that can be generated from a folk species by using various characters

Sorghum folk species
Colour
Panicle type
Height
Stalk sweetness

Fendisha
White
Compact
Long
Sweet
  Light Brown
Semi-compact
Medium
Insipid
  Brown
Lax
Short
 
  Grey
     
Wegere
White
Semi-compact
Long
Sweet
  Brown
Compact
Medium
Insipid
  Yellow
     
Muyra
Light Brown
Compact flat end
Long
Sweet
  White
Compact pointed-end
Medium
Insipid
  Grey
Compact pig mouth end
Short
 
  Brown
Compact with four titts
   


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