Plant Information
Common Name: CORN - PAINTED MOUNTAIN
Scientific Name: Zea Mays
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Description:- Annual
- Painted Mountain, also named Indian Corn is a miniature type of flour corn that has traditionally been grown by the Native Americans.
- It is an upright annual bearing 1-1.2m stalks with arching, pointed lanceolate leaves and male and female flowers that are borne separately on the same plant.
- It bears up to two narrow, bright, multi-colored ears of about 15-20cm in length.
- Painted Mountain contains every shade of color - vivid oranges, golds, reds, browns, etc. and takes 70 – 90 days to mature.
- This is a very hardy variety that is suitable for cold areas.
- Will grow food where many other varieties will fail.
- Soil pH requirements: 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral).
- Needs full sun.
Culinary Uses:- Can be eaten fresh.
- If dried, the grain can be ground into flour, boiled into hominy, or parched.
- Fresh leaves and husks are used for wrapping foods.
Parts Used:- Stigmas and styles of female flowers (cornsilk) and fruits (ears).
Medicinal Uses. It is said that:- Corn silk is a sweet and cooling herb that is diuretic, lowers blood sugar levels, stimulates bile flow, and prevents formation of urinary stones.
Other Uses:- The ears are often used as decoration and the colored leaves can be used in paper-making.
- Food source for livestock – can be grazed off the field.
- The lack of woodiness in the stalks and soft starch of the grain give it a higher digestibility to animals than other corns.
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