Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Medicinal Plant Names Services

Non-scientific name:

corn

2 Accepted name(s) for "corn":

Accepted name
Zea mays L.
Zea mays subsp. mays

14 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:
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 Ethnobotany (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
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)	Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.	dried style and stigma	style and stigma
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)	Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.
Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)	Zea mays	Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		Fruits
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.
Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)	Zea mays	Zea mays L. MPNS Best Guess	Zea mays L.		Pestle
Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)	Zea mays	Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		Pestle
Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)	Zea mays L. subsp. mays	Zea mays subsp. mays	Zea mays subsp. mays
Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)	Zea mays L. subsp. mays	Zea mays subsp. mays	Zea mays subsp. mays
World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)	Zea mays L. subsp. mays	Zea mays subsp. mays	Zea mays subsp. mays
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)	Zea mays L. subsp. mays	Zea mays subsp. mays	Zea mays subsp. mays

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

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
ai	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
aya	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
corn silk	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
corn starch	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
dent corn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dura shami	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
field corn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
flint corn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
gangnaengi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
granoturco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
iringu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
maidis stigma	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
mais	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
maize	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
majs	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
maydis stylus	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
maíz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
maîs	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
maïs	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
milho	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ogsusu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pod corn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
popcorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sweet corn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
topical starch	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
tō-morokoshi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
zein	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
玉米鬚	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)