Poaceae FAMILY

Zea diploperennis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Zea diploperennis is a robust, clump-forming, perennial grass with short rhizomes. The erect culms are 100 - 250cm tall and 10 - 20mm in diameter. The plant is a wild relative of the cultivated maize (Zea mays). Its edible seed is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern N. America - southern Mexico.

HabitatFound in one small area only, growing with tall grass and herbs along small streams in a region of Pinus-Quercus-Carpinus forest at elevations of 2,000 metres or more