Zea mays

玉蜀黍

naturalized

Zea mays L.

名彙資訊

特徵描述

典藏標本

數位照片

分布位置

相關資訊

L. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 971. (Sp. Pl.)

Honda. 1930. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo. Section III, Botany 3: 418. (J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot.)

中

玉蜀黍、玉米、包穀、玉黍、玉高梁、番麥、薏米包、包黍
台

Hoan bèh
客

Hoan mák、Pau siok
原

Taitun (Atayal)、Takeitun (Atayal)、Kodomo (Paiwan)、Puru'kku (Paiwan)、Dipul (Bunun)
英

Corn
日

こうもろこし

Wu, Yang, Teng, Chang, Yang and Hsieh. 2010. Taiwania 55(2): 158.
Ciou & Pong. 2008. Illustrations of Hakka ethnobotany of Taiwan 78. (Illustration of Hakka ethnobotany of Taiwan)
Yang. 1982. A list of plants in Taiwan. (List Pl. Taiwan)
Jen-Han Lin. 2004. Study on the plant utilization of Taki-bakka Bunun Tribe in Nantou county. Master thesis. National Pingtung university of science and Technology 62. (Study on the plant utilization of Taki-bakka Bunun Tribe in Nantou county)

herb

Annuals; culms solid.
Spikelets unisexual. Staminate spikelets in pairs, ca. 9 mm long; lower glume lanceolate, pubescent, keeled, long-ciliate, margin thinner, 9-11-nerved, as long as spikelet; upper glume oblong-lanceolate, 7-nerved, nearly as long as lower; lower lemma minutely hairy abaxially and margins, 3-nerved, ca. 8 mm long; palea as long as lemma; upper lemma smaller than lower palea, cleft usually to base; anthers 3, ca. 6 mm long. Pistillate inflorescence axillary, spikelets in many rows on a thickened, almost woody axis, enclosed by numerous large foliaceous bracts or spathes, tyles extremely long, like silky threads.
Caryopsis greatly exceeding glumes at maturity.
Maize (corn) is an important food for livestock and humans. The grain is ground into flour or cooked without grinding; small green corn (unripe cobs) is a favorite vegetable; the dry cobs are used as fuel, the spathes are used for making paper.