Zea mays Microsperma Group (Common names)

See also:

Common names: Zea mays Saccharata Group

Names in common use

• English: popcorn
• German: Puffmais
• Dutch: pofmaïs
• Swedish: majs
• Danish: majs
• Norwegian: mais
• Icelandic:
  

• French: maïs à popcorn, maïs perlé
• Italian: popcorn
• Spanish: maíz chapalote, maíz de palomitas, maíz palomero (Mexico) ; maíz reventón (Argentina)
• Catalan: dacsa, blat de moro, moresc
• Portuguese: milho arroz, pipoca
• Romanian: porumb perlat
  

• Russian: кукуруза лопающаяся - kukuruza lopajuščajasja
• Polish: kukurydza pękajęca
• Czech: kukuřice praskavá, kukuřice pukancová
• Slovak: kukurica pukancová
• Bulgarian: пуклива царевица - pukliva carevica
• Croatian: kukuruz
• Serb: кукуруз
• Slovenian: koruza
  

• Albanian: misër për pufka (misri with the article)
• Greek: καλαμπόκι το μικρό - kalamboki to mikro
• Turkish: cin mısır
• Hungarian: pattogatni való kukorica
• Finnish: maissi
  

Sources and commentaries

• Portuguese
  • Without a qualifier, milho is maize. With a qualifier, it may be sorghum or a millet.
• Rumanian
  • porumb, cucuruz, păpuşoi (Borza)