Zea mays L.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along Vic Falls - Kazungula rd by turn off track to Chamabonda Vlei.

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Description:	It is monoecious, having a terminal male ‘tassel’ of digitate racemes, and highly modified female inflorescences taking the form of axillary ‘ears’.
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Worldwide distribution:	Widely cultivated throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world. Occasionally briefly appears as a roadside escape.
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Insects associated with this species:	Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Larval foodplant) Mocis proverai (Larval food plant) Lophoruza semiscripta (Larval foodplant)
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Literature:	Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 71. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 111.

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Flora of Mozambique: Zea mays
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Zea mays
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Zea mays
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