SimplePlant

Poaceae

Corn

Zea mays L.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Zea

Pets and kids

  • CatsNot sure
  • DogsSafe
  • KidsNot sure
Why

Cats: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Dogs: Safe

Sources below say it is non-toxic to dogs. Any plant can upset a stomach if a lot is eaten.

Kids: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.

Corn (Zea mays)
FlowerPhoto: Loïc Mathieu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Is Corn safe for cats, dogs and kids?

Is Corn safe for cats?

We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Is Corn safe for dogs?

Our sources call Corn non-toxic to dogs. Any plant can upset a stomach if a lot is eaten.

Is Corn safe for kids?

We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.

Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.

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Common names

By language (253)
ace
Jagong
aeb
قطانية
Afrikaans
Mielie
Akan
Aburo, Aburoo
Albanian
Misri, Misër
Amharic
በቆሎ
ann
Àkpà
anp
मक्का
Arabic
ذرة شامية, الذُرة الإسبانيَّة, الذُرة الشاميَّة, الذُرة الصفراء, الذُرة المصريَّة, حِنْطَة الجِرْذَان, عَيْش الريف, حنطة الجرذان
Armenian
Եգիպտացորեն
arz
دره
Assamese
মাকৈ
Asturian
Boroña, Maíz
av
ЦӀоросаролъ, ЦӀоросаролӀ
awa
जोन्हरी
Aymara
Tunqu
azb
قارغیدالی
Azerbaijani
Qarğıdalı
ba
Шәкәр кукурузы
Bambara
Kaba
ban
Jagung
Bangla
ভুট্টা
bar
Gugaruz, Gugarutz, Mais, Tyrk
Basque
Arto
Belarusian
Кукуруза, Кукуруза цукровая, Маіс
bi
Corn
bik
Mais
bjn
Jagung
bo
ཨ་ཤོམ།
Bosnian
Kukuruz
Breton
Maiz
bua
Кукуруза
bug
Barellé
Bulgarian
Захарна царевица, Царевица
Burmese
ပြောင်းဖူး
Cantonese
粟米
Catalan
Dacsa, Blat de moro, Panís, Blat de l'índia, Blat de les Índies, Capça, Dacsera, Maís
cdo
Iù-diĕng-bău
ce
ХьаьжкIа, ХьаьжкӀа
Cebuano
Polenta
Central Kurdish
گەنمەشامی
Cherokee
ᏎᎷ
Chinese
玉米, 玉蜀黍, 粟米, 包谷, 玉米油, 玉米花, 玉米轴, 玉米须
cho
Tanchi
chy
Ová'kemâhaemenôtse
Corsican
Granone
cr
Mahtamin
crh
Músúr, Mısırboğday
Croatian
Kukuruz
cv
Чакан тулă, Куккурус
Czech
Kukuřice setá, Kukuřice
dag
Kariwana, Gbunyalapiɛ, Kawan piɛlli, Kawan ʒɛɛ
Danish
Majs
dga
Kamaane, Bonwɔmɔ, Kamaane teɛ
din
Anyuɔl
Divehi
ޒުވާރި
dsb
Majs
dtp
Luong
dty
मकै
dua
Mbasi
Dutch
Mais, Maïs, Flint corn
eml
Furmintòun
English
Corn, Maize, Corn,, Indian corn, Teosinte, Corn plant, Maize plant, Sweetcorn
Esperanto
Maizo
Estonian
Mais
Ewe
Bli
Faroese
Mais
ff
Masarji
Filipino
Mais
Finnish
Maissi, Viljamaissi, Kivimaissi
fj
Com, Sila
fon
Agbaɖé
French
Maïs, Blé d’Inde, Maïs corné
frr
Meis
fur
Blave
Galician
Millo
gan
粟米, 金豆
gcr
Mi
Georgian
Სიმინდი
German
Mais, Kukuruz
glk
مکابؤج
gor
Binte
Greek
Καλαμπόκι, Αραβόσιτος
gsw
Mais
Guarani
Avati
guc
Maiki
Gujarati
મકાઈ
gur
Kareyɛna
Haitian Creole
Mayi
hak
Pâu-siuk
Hausa
Masara
Hebrew
תירס
hif
Makai
Hindi
मक्का
hsb
Prawa kukurica, Kukurica, Majs
Hungarian
Kukorica, Málé, Tengeri, Törökbúza
hyw
Եգիպտացորեն
Icelandic
Maís
Igbo
Ọ̀ka, Ihe ọ̀kụkụ ọka, Ukwu ọka
Iloko
Mais
Indonesian
Jagung, Haikal jamsut
inh
ХьажкӀа
Interlingua
Mais
io
Maizo
Irish
Arbhar Indiach, Grán buí
Italian
Mais, Granoturco, Granturco, Z. mays
jam
Kaan
Japanese
トウモロコシ, とうもろこし, コーン, フリントコーン
Javanese
Jagung
jbo
Zumri
kaa
Mákke, Ma'kke
kab
Ukbal
kaj
Yak-kpat
Kannada
ಮೆಕ್ಕೆ ಜೋಳ
Kazakh
Жүгері
kbd
Нартыху
kbp
Saamɩɖɛ
kcg
Swakpat, Swaat-A̱kpat
kg
Disângu
kge
Jagung
Khmer
ពោត
ki
Mũbebe
Kinyarwanda
Ikigori
Korean
옥수수, 강내미, 강냉이, 옥수꾸, 옥시기
kr
Maize
krc
Нартюх
ks
مکاے وٕٹ
Kurdish
Garis
kw
Ýs, Hwegys
Kyrgyz
Жүгөрү
lad
Mais
lah
مکی
Lao
ສາລີ
Latvian
Kukurūza, Parastā kukurūza, Kukurūzas stāds
lbe
Шагьнал лачӀа
lfn
Mais
li
Meis, Majis, Turkse weit
lij
Granon
Lingala
Lisángú
Lithuanian
Paprastasis kukurūzas
Luxembourgish
Mais, Tierkesche Weess
lzh
秫, 玉蜀黍
Macedonian
Пченка, Царевица, Царевка
mad
Jhâghung
Maithili
मकै
Malagasy
Katsaka, Tsakotsako
Malay
Jagung
Malayalam
ചോളം, മക്കച്ചോളം
Maltese
Qamħirrun, Qamħ
Manipuri
ꯆꯨꯆꯥꯛ
Māori
Kānga, Kōpakipaki
map
Jagung
Marathi
मका
mcn
Ca᷆yt cígɔ᷆rdà
min
Jaguang
mnc
ᠠᡳᡥᠠ ᡧᡠᡧᡠ
Mongolian
Эрдэнэ шиш
mos
Kamaana, Milga, kamaande
mul
Z. mays, 🌽
mzn
کوگندم
nah
Cintli
nan
Hoan-be̍h, Huan-be̍h, Gio̍k-bí, Hoan-bē, Hoan-lō͘-sué, Hoan-lō͘-sé, Hoan-á-lō͘-sué, Huan-bē
nap
Granone
nds
Mais
Nepali
मकै
new
कःनि
nia
Rigi
Northern Sotho
Tšhela letswai
Norwegian Bokmål
Mais
Norwegian Nynorsk
Mais
nv
Naadą́ą́ʼ
Occitan
Milh
Odia
ମକା
os
Нартхор
pam
Mais
pap
Maishi grandi
Pashto
جوار
pcm
Mazi, Maz
pdc
Welschkann
Persian
ذرت, ذرت دندان اسبی
pms
Melia
pnt
Λαζούδ, Μισίριν
Polish
Kukurydza zwyczajna, Kukurydza
Portuguese
Milho, Abati, Auati, Avati, Planta de milho, Planta do milho
ppl
Sinti
Punjabi
ਮੱਕੀ
Quechua
Sara
rn
Ikigori
roa
Graneturche
Romanian
Пэпушой
Romanian
Porumb
rsk
Кукурица
rue
Мелай
rup
Câlâmbuchiu
Russian
Кукуруза сахарная, Кукуруза, Маис, Кремнистая кукуруза
sah
Маис, Кукурууза
sat
ᱡᱚᱱᱚᱲᱟ, ᱡᱚᱱᱰᱨᱟ
sc
Trigumoriscu
sco
Maize
Scottish Gaelic
Cruithneachd Innseanach, Cruithneachd-Innseanach
Serbian
Кукуруз
Serbian (Latin)
Kukuruz
sgs
Kukurūzos
shn
ၶဝ်ႈၵၢပ်ႇ, တူၼ်ႈၶဝ်ႈၵၢပ်ႇ, ၶဝ်ႈၶႄႇ, ၶဝ်ႈၾ, ၶဝ်ႈၾႃႉ
Shona
Chibage
Sindhi
مڪئي
Sinhala
බඩ ඉරිඟු
Slovak
Kukurica siata, Kukurica
Slovenian
Koruza, Fermentin, Turščica
smn
Maissâ, Keđgimaissâ
Somali
Galey, Galley
Southern Sotho
Poone
Spanish
Maíz, Maiz, Coronta o Panocha, Elote o Choclo, Olote, Choclo, Z. mays
srn
Karu
stq
Turske Weete
Sundanese
Jagong
Swahili
Mhindi, Muhindi
Swedish
Majs
szl
Majs
szy
Kubkub
Tajik
Сӯта, Ҷуворимакка
Tamil
சோளம், மக்காச் சோளம், மக்காச்சோளம்
Tatar
Кукуруз
Telugu
మొక్కజొన్న
Thai
ข้าวโพด, ข้าวสาลี, คง, บือเคเส่ะ, ยาฆง, สาลี, โพด
Tongan
Koane
tpi
Kon
Tswana
Mmidi/Mmopo
tum
Chingoma
Turkish
Mısır
ty
Tō popa’ā
tzm
ⴰⵙⵏⴳⴰⵔ
udm
Кукуруза
Ukrainian
Кукурудза
Urdu
مکئی
Uyghur
كۆممىقوناق, ظات حعشلعق قوناق
Uzbek
Makkajoʻxori
vec
Formenton, Granturco, Sorgo Turco
vep
Kukuruz
Vietnamese
Ngô, Bắp, Ngô đá
vo
Mait
vro
Mais
Walloon
Poes d' Trouk, Dinrêye, Mayisse
war
Maís
Welsh
Indrawn, India-corn, Grawn Ind
Western Frisian
Stynske weet, Mais
Wolof
Mboq
wuu
玉米, 珍珠米
xmf
Ლაიტი
Yiddish
קוקורוזע
Yoruba
Àgbàdo, Yangan
za
Haeuxyangz
zza
Lazut

Synonyms

  • Mays americana Baumg.
  • Mays zea Gaertn.
  • Mayzea cerealis Raf.
  • Thalysia mays (L.) Kuntze
  • Zea gigantea hort.
  • Zea gracillima Voss
  • Zea maiz Vell.
  • Zea mays subsp. amyleosaccharata (Sturtev.) Zhuk.
  • Zea mays subsp. semidentata Kuleshov
  • Zea mays subsp. tunicata (A.St.Hil.) Zhuk.
  • Zea mays subsp. tunicata Sturtev.
  • Zea mays var. gracillima Körn. ex Hitchc.
  • Zea mays var. indurata (Sturtev.) L.H.Bailey
  • Zea mays var. mays
  • Zea mays var. tunicata A.St.Hil.
  • Zea mays var. variegata G.Nicholson
  • Zea minima Voss
  • Zea segetalis Salisb.
  • Zea vittata Voss

Flowers

In flower
January, May, July to November (from 58 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour
yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.