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It is a tropical plant. It is a wild relative of maize near El Durazno, Jalisco, Mexico. It grows at about 2,000 m above sea level.
| Life form | perennial |
| Growth form | herb |
| Growth support | free-standing |
| Foliage retention | - |
| Sexuality | hermaphrodite |
| Pollination | anemogamy |
| Spread | - |
| Mature width (meter) | - |
| Mature height (meter) | 1.5 - 2.5 |
| Root system | rhizome |
| Rooting depth (meter) | - |
| Root diameter (meter) | - |
| Flower color | - |
| Blooming months | - |
| Fruit color | - |
| Fruiting months | - |
| Nitrogen fixer | - |
| Photosynthetic pathway | - |
| Light |
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| Soil humidity | 
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| Soil texture | - |
| Soil acidity | - |
| Soil nutriment | - |
| Hardiness (USDA) | - |
| Uses | food gene source |
| Edible | seeds |
| Therapeutic use | - |
| Human toxicity | - |
| Animal toxicity | - |
| Mode | seedlings |
| Germination duration (days) | 5 - 14 |
| Germination temperacture (C°) | 21 |
| Germination luminosity | - |
| Germination treatment | - |
| Minimum temperature (C°) | - |
| Optimum temperature (C°) | - |
| Size | - |
| Vigor | - |
| Productivity | - |
| LSID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:306962-2 |
| WFO ID | wfo-0000907740 |
| COL ID | 5CXWQ |
| BDTFX ID | - |
| INPN ID | - |
| Wikipedia (EN) | Link |
| Wikipedia (FR) | Link |