Zea mays Saccharata Group (Common names)

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Common names: Zea mays

Common names: Zea mays Microsperma Group

Names in common use


  • English: sweet corn
  • German: Zuckermais
  • Dutch: suikermais
  • Swedish: popmajs
  • Danish:
  • Norwegian:
  • Icelandic:


  • French: maïs doux, maïs sucré
  • Italian: mais dolce
  • Spanish: maíz dulce; choclo (Argentina)
  • Catalan: dacsa, blat de moro, moresc
  • Portuguese: milho açucarado
  • 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:
  • Serb:
  • 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:

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)