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Non-scientific name:

corn

4 Accepted name(s) for "corn":

Accepted name
Mentha arvensis L.
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.
Zea mays L.
Zea mays subsp. mays

18 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) Mentha arvensis Mentha arvensis L. Mentha arvensis L.
Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) Mentha suaveolens Mentha suaveolens Ehrh. Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.
Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zea mays Zea mays L. Zea mays L.
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Zea mays L. Zea mays L. Zea mays L. dried style and stigma style and stigma
Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Zea mays Zea mays L. Zea mays L. Fruits
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Zea mays L. Zea mays L. Zea mays L.
Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Zea mays Zea mays L. Zea mays L. Pestle
Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Zea mays L. Zea mays L. Zea mays L. Flower
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Zea mays L. Zea mays L. Zea mays L.
Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Zea mays L. Zea mays L. Zea mays L.
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Zea mays L. Zea mays L. Zea mays L.
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Zea mays L. Zea mays L. Zea mays L. style & stigma
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) Zea mays Linnè Zea mays L. Zea mays L. starch granules separated from mature grain seed
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) Zea mays L. Zea mays L. Zea mays L. granules separated from the mature grain seed
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) Zea mays L. Zea mays L. Zea mays L. granules separated from the mature grain seed
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) Zea mays Linné Zea mays L. Zea mays L.
Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Zea mays Zea mays L.

MPNS Best Guess

 Zea mays L. Pestle
National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Zea mays L. Zea mays L. Zea mays L.
Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010) Zea mays L. Zea mays L. Zea mays L.
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) Zea mays L Zea mays L. Zea mays L. dried styles, dried stigmas styles, stigmas
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Zea mays Linn. Zea mays L. Zea mays L. corn silk
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Zea mays L. subsp. mays Zea mays subsp. mays Zea mays subsp. mays

211 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "corn":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
able Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
aburow Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
adakple Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
ai Other Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
akple Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
artho Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
avari Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
avati Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
aya Other Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
bada iringu Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
bajri Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
baomaimi Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
bap ngo Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
barajuar Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
bekalo Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
bhutta Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
blaifo Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
blarama Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
blikple Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
borona Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
buta Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
chhale Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
cholam Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
cholum Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
conac Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
corn silk Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
corn starch Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
cucuruz Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
dent corn Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dinkondi Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
dura shami Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
durahkizan Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
durahshami Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
ekidid Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
faat Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fi so Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
field corn Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
field or apple mint Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
flint corn Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
froment des indes Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
froment d’inde Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
frumentone Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
gangnaengi Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
garouilhe Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
garouillet Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
gaudumemekkah Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
goinjol Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
gorajonra Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
graine de turquet Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
grano siciliano Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
granoturco Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
gurulujonra Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
hausa Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
hintaherunu Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
hupfu Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
indian corn Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
iringu Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
jagung Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
jaoari Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
jaori Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
jaorikhurdani Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
jawdra Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
jondra Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
jonra Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
jorna Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
junala Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
junri Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kamh irrum Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kandaja Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kao põt Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kao sãli Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
katsabotso Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
katsakandevolahy Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
katsamanga Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
katzabazaha Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
katzaha Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
keto Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
khalavan Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
khandaruz Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
khao koane Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
khao phot Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
khoshahemakki Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
khot Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kitka Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kon Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kpkle Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kpledzi Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kukri Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kukurudza Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kukuruz Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kukuruza Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kukurydza Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kukurūza Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kuthi Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
lamari Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
le mais Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
lua ngo Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
ma khau li Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
maeo Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
mahaa-kaaya Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mahakaya Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
mahindi Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
maidis stigma Pharmaceutical Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
maidis stigmata Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
mais Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
maisgriffel Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
maissi Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
maiz Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
maize Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
maize silk Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
majs Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mak Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
maka Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
makai Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
makaya Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
maki Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
makkaa Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
makkajari Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
makkajowari Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
makkasholam Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
makkazonnalu Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
makkei Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
makki Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
maydis stylus Pharmaceutical Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
maíz Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
maïs Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
maïz Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
mbemba Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
mbila Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
mealies Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
mekkejola Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
mel Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
melicatto Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
meliga Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
menthe Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
mielie Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
milho Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
millaral Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
millargou Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
misir Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
mokajanna Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
mukni Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
mungari Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
musukojola Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
nammanmo Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
ndamba Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ngo Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
nkwenta Other Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ogsusu Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
okchokseoye Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
okmi Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
oksusoo Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
paut Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
phoat Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
pod corn Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
polygonati rhizoma Pharmaceutical Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
polygonatum rhizome Other Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
poone Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
popcorn Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
popusoiu Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
porumb Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
potshatka Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
psheno turetskoeput Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
pyaung-bu Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
pyaungbu Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
păpuşoi Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
sako Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
samputantastha Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
sana Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
shikhalu Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
sila Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
sila nivava lagi Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
simindi Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
stigmata maydis Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
stigmates de maïs Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
styli cum stigmatis zeae maydis Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
sweet corn Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tomorokpshi Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
topical starch Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
trigo de las indias Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
trigo de-turquia Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
tsako Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
tsakotsako Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
tuerkische korn Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
tuerkisher weizen Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
turkey corn Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
turkey wheat Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
tō-morokoshi Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
upfu Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
watsikple Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
weizen türkischer Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
welschkorn Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
xarbinj Other Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
yavanala Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
yu mi shu Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
yu mi syu Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yu mi xu Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
yu shu shu Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
yumi Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
yumixu Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
zaburro Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
zara del peru Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
zea Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
zein Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
zonallo Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
zondllo Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
zurraa makkaa Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
zurratulmakkah Other WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
‫ذرة‬ Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
オウセイ Other Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
玉米鬚 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)