Summary
Verified:
07/15/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
corn – dent corn – field corn – flint corn – maize – pod corn – popcorn – sweet corn – Arabic
dura shami – French
maïs – German
Mais – Italian
granoturco – mais – Japanese Rōmaji
tō-morokoshi – Portuguese
milho – Spanish
maíz – Swedish
majs – Transcribed Chinese
yu shu shu – Transcribed Korean
gangnaengi – ogsusu –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Animal food | fodder | | Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 10:143. |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 |
| Food additives | sweetener | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991 |
| Fuels | petroleum substitute/alcohol | | El Bassam, N. 1998. Energy plant species. 18-49. |
| Human food | beverage base | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991 |
| Human food | oil/fat | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991 |
| Human food | starch | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991 |
| Human food | vegetable | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991 |
| Materials | beads | | Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). |
| Materials | fiber | | Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 10:143. |
| Materials | lipids | | Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 10:143. |
| Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=311987.
Accessed 3 November 2024.