H. H. Iltis & J. F. Doebley

Creator(s):
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
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  • Creator
  • Creator
  • Zea mays L., Mexico, H. H. Iltis 386, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Zea mays L., Mexico, H. H. Iltis 386, F
  • Zea mays L., Mexico, H. H. Iltis 386, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Zea mays L., Mexico, H. H. Iltis 386, F
Current Determination: Zea mays L.
Family: Poaceae
Coordinates: 18.4 -99.9333
Elevation: 1750
Habitat/Microhabitat: in dense grassy stand, as depauperate plants, with Scleria, Cyperus spp., Cleome speciosa, on seasonally wet, sunny rock ledges on low road cut with running water, in region of semi-deciduous savannah.

Collector(s): H. H. Iltis & J. F. Doebley
Collection Date: 22 September 1977
Description: Uses: Cultivated. Supplies about 75% of calories in the average person's diet. Silk (yu'ul or yi'ijnal) makes a tea used as a diuretic (Anderson et al. 2003:151). Para la alimentación humana (tortillas) y mas de 50 platillos en gastronomía, para forraje; combustible; artesanías y medicinal para tratar amenorrea [Andrews, 1979]; antiespasmódico [Del Amo, 1979]; antiinflamatorio, sangre en la orina [Roys, 1931]; diurético [Standley, 1930, Anon, 1949, Osado R., 1834, Martinez, 1969] (Arellano et al. 2003:293). Cultivated (Balick et al. 2000:194). Common names: lxi'im, ixim. A variety of names exists for local, hybrid, and different colors of this species (Anderson et al. 2003:150). Ahnal, ixi'im, nal, xi'im [Barrera, 1976]; maiz (nuk-naal), nal, xmejen nal (variedades de maiz del area maya yucateca [BADEPY] (Arellano et al. 2003:292). Variedades: chakchob, chik'ints'ono'ot, ek'chob, hunalt'el, k'an-nal, k'ayt'el, k'inal,, nalt'el, sahum, saktux, xbelbakal, xchob, xchunya', x-e'hu', xh'an-nal, xk'awen, xmehen-nal, xtnuknal, xt'up, xt'upnal (Arellano et al. 2003:292). Ahtziro (Tarasco, Mich), bachi (Sin), batchi (Mayo, Son), hoc (Pue,Oax), bal-coshac (Chomal, Oax), co-shac (Chontal, Oax), cu (Chinanteco, Oax), cushi (Totonaca, Ver), deta (Otomí), deto (Otomí), em (Huasteco, SLP), hapxol (Seri, Son), bun (Tepehuana, Dgo), icu (Huichol, Jal), ishin (Tzeltal, Chis), ixin, llueu (Zapoteco, Oax), maiz, mang-cu (Chinanteco, Oax), mile (Azteca, Gro), moe (Mixe, Oax), moe, mooc, (Zoque, Chis), mooje (Ver), noechjo (Mazahua, Mex), nih-gho (Cuicatleca, Oax), nua (Pue, Oax), nuh-ni (Mixteco, Oax), pi-nii-chita, pitili (Cuicatleca, Gro), shabe (Zapoteco, Oax), shuba (Zapoteco, Oax), siquil (Sin), sonu ( Chih), sonucu (Tarahumara, Chih), sunu (Tarabumara, Chih), tagol (Azteca, Pue), tlaoli (Azteca), tlautlin, tsisri taleta (Azteca), xahuat (Totonaca, Ver), xoopa (Zapoteco, Oax), xuba (Zapoteco, Oax), xupaac (Zapoteco, Oax), yoobe (Zapoteco, Oax), yuuki (Cora, Nay), [Martinez, 1979] (Arellano et al. 2003:292-293).
Catalog Subset: Economic Botany
Catalog Project: Mesoamerican Ethnobotany
EMu IRN: 2789346
OccurenceID: b60b859f-0019-4bf7-b830-a39d369fc6ca

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