SCIENTIFIC NAME :
Zea Mays
MEDICINAL VALUE :
It provides necessary calories for daily metabolism of the body. Corn is good for skin care, boosting nervous system, digestion, and maintaining low cholesterol levels
NUTRIENT VALUE :
Good source of Dietary Fiber, Riboflavin, Niacin, Folate and Iron and a very good source of Thiamin.
CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :
Corn is used as whole by cooking it or smoking. Corn oil is cooking oil that is commonly used around the world.
GLOSSARY :
- English : Corn / Maize
- Tamil : Makkacholam / Ponthi Cholam / Cholam
- Malayalam : Cholam
- Telugu : Jonnalu / Mokka Jonna
- Kannada : Musukina Jola / Govina Jola / Jola / Maka
- Hindi : Makki / Makai
- Bengali : Bhutta
- Gujarati : Makkai
- Konkani : Moko / Zandlo
- Marathi : Maka / Jondla
- Oriya : Maka
- Punjabi : Makai
- Tulu : Jola
- Kashmiri : Makaa’Y
