ʻO Corn, ma kahi o kahi ʻano meaʻai o ka meaʻai Mekiko, kahi mea kanu lāʻau. ʻIke i nā waiwai o ka lauoho kulina a i ʻole ka lauoho.
Inoa maʻamau:
ʻO ka lauoho lauoho, ʻo ka lauoho lauoho a i ʻole ka lauoho ʻoka a i ʻole ka palaoa.
Inoa ʻepekema:
ʻO Zea mā Linnaeus.
Ohana:
Gramineae.
ʻO 7,000 mau makahiki o ke kulina. Hoʻokumu nā moʻomeheu Mesoamerican i kā lākou hoʻokele waiwai i kāna mahi ʻana. Aia kona koʻikoʻi, a hiki i kēia lā, i ka meaʻai i ka meaʻai a me ka mauʻu me nā lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi. I ka hapa nui o ka ʻāina he nui nā noi, ʻo ia hoʻi i nā maʻi puʻupaʻa e like me ka mumū o ka puʻuwai, ka maʻi kalina a me ka mimi, no kēia kumu e kuke ʻia nā hua kulina a inu ʻia ka wai e like me ka tī. Hoʻohana ʻia ke kuke ʻana o kēia mau mea ma ke ʻano he diuretic, e hoʻonui i ke kahe o ke koko a hoʻēmi i ka mumū o ka puʻupaʻa, a hoʻohui ʻia, hoʻohana ʻia nā lauoho kulina e kūʻē i nā maʻi o ke akepaʻa e like me ka hepatitis a me nā maʻi puʻuwai. Eia kekahi, ʻo kēia mea kanu, i mahi ʻia ma ka hapa nui o Mekiko, i manaʻo ʻia he antispasmodic a me anti-hemorrhagic.
ʻO ka mea kanu e piʻi a 4 m i ke kiʻekiʻe, loaʻa kahi koʻokoʻo hollow a me nā lau ākea elongated e hoʻopuni iā ia. Hānau ʻia kāna mau pua i ke ʻano o kahi pūhui a me nā hua a me nā pepeiao i nā ʻano paʻakikī o nā kala like ʻole. Noho ia i nā aniau wela a anuanu hoʻi. Ua ulu pili me ka tropical deciduous, sub-deciduous a evergreen nahele, xerophilous scrub, mauna mesophilic nahele, ʻoka a me ka hoʻohui pine.
