the classification of flowering plants plants gramineae 237 tribe 1 maydeae 7 genera tropical to subtropical zea mays maize figs 110 113 f much cultivated in the warmer parts of the earth probably a native of tropical america but not known in the wild state a tall annual with large broad leaves and a terminal panicle of numerous male spikes female spikes in the leaf axils subtended by numerous large bracts and grown together into a solid axis bearing double rows of flowers the whole forming the coh the long slender styles project in a tuft from the top of the young cob rek7bd.jpg from tropical nudist braziànya View Photo