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Black Aztec

Zea mays

Black Aztec

The story

About 9,000 to 10,000 years ago, indigenous peoples in southern Mexico domesticated maize from its wild relative, teosinte. It became a foundational staple of agriculture, famously grown by Native Americans alongside beans and squashes in a companion planting system known as the Three Sisters polyculture.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org

Family
Poaceae

How to use it

This plant is grown globally as a staple cereal grain, producing ears that yield kernels or seeds. Historically, it was utilized as a primary crop in the Three Sisters polyculture system alongside beans and squash.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org

Gardening tip

If you are planting this crop, it is highly adaptable to a wide range of climates, growing successfully across USDA hardiness zones 2 through 11.

Sources: Grangery

About

Maize (/meɪz/ MAYZ; Zea mays subsp. mays, from Spanish: maíz after Taíno mahiz), also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The leafy stalk of the plant produces separate pollen and ovuliferous inflorescences or ears, which are fruits, yielding kernels or seeds.

At a glance

What it needs

USDA hardiness

Zones 2–11

Zone 1Zone 13

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Black Aztec
Slug
black-aztec
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Zea
Species
mays
Category
Corn
Hardiness zone (min)
2
Hardiness zone (max)
11
Average height (cm)
0
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
52

Generated sections & citations

summaryinaturalist

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  • sprigloom (hardiness)