Zea mays Linn., Sp. Pl. 2: 971. 1753. is the familiar Maize or Indian Corn introduced to the Old World from tropical America and cultivated as a summer crop throughout Pakistan up to an altitude of about 2500 m. The male spikelets are usually collected in terminal racemes, while the solitary female in-florescence consists of numerous female spikelets seated on a spongy axis. It is discussed by Parandekar (in J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 49: 473.1950), Mangelsdorf (Corn, its Origin, Evolution and Improvement, 1974) and Wilkes (The Origin of Corn: Studies of the last 100 years, 1977).

vern.: Makki.

 

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