Teosinte
- Product number: 190840
- Origin: North America
- Latin: Zea mays ssp mexicana, also known as Zea diploperennis
It's astonishing how corn, with kernels the size of grains of wheat, could have evolved from a grass! Yet, it is now established that this is indeed the true ancestor of our current corn. Without theoretical knowledge of genetics, the first inhabitants of America, through selection and spontaneous (?) cross-breeding, progressively enlarged the corn... That is what domestication achieves, even in ancient times. Plant this curious seed and marvel... The kernels can be ground or cooked. Who knows, this crop might one day be discovered as a new superfood.
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Latin: Zea mays ssp mexicana, or also Zea diploperennis
Dutch: Oermaïs (Ancient Corn)
Also: Teosinte
English: Wild Corn
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- Flower colour: Inconspicuous green flowers
- Origin: North America
- Average growth height: More than 200 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Advanced
- Latin: Zea mays ssp mexicana, also known as Zea diploperennis
- Dutch: Heirloom corn
- Also known as: Teosinte
- English: Wild Corn
