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Plant Detail
Botanical Name
Zea mays - L.
Family
Graminae
Common Name
Maize
Habit
Herb
Synonym
Zea mays subsp. acuminata Golosk.
Habitat
Cultivated
Color Of Flower
Yellow
Key Characters
Perennial herb.
Systematic Position
Division :
Monocotyledonae
 
Class :
Coronariae
 
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Plant Description

Annuals, monoecious, culms 1-2 m tall, erect, glabrous; leaves 25-90 x 5-10 cm, glabrous; sheaths terete; ligules 2-6 mm long, membranous; male inflorescence a terminal panicle; rachis pubescent; spikelets in pairs, up to 12 mm long; anthers 3, yellow, ca 5 mm long; female inflorescence a spadix, enclosed in large bracts; spikelets in several rows along the axis (variable with varieties); lower floret brown; palea present or absent; caryopsis of variable colour (pale yellow, purple, white), subglobose or dorsally flattened, ca 8 mm in diameter.

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