pod corn

Japanese: pod corn(英語表記)podcorn
pod corn

...Soft corn (var. amylacea Sturt.) (illustration), waxy corn (var. ceratina Kulesh.) (illustration), and starchy-sweet corn (var. amyleasaccharata Sturt.) (illustration) are cultivated in small quantities in some countries, but are rarely cultivated in Japan. Also, pod corn (var. tunicata Sturt.) (illustration) has berries similar to those of hard corn, but each berry is surrounded by a well-developed glume without degenerating. It is an old cultivated type found in the area from South America to Central America, but is rarely cultivated today. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "pod corn" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…軟粒種var.amylacea Sturt.(英名soft corn)(イラスト)やもち(糯)種var.ceratina Kulesh.(英名waxy corn)(イラスト),軟甘種var.amyleasaccharata Sturt.(英名starchy‐sweet corn)などは一部の国々で少量栽培されているが,日本ではほとんど栽培されていない。また,有稃(ゆうふ)種var.tunicata Sturt.(英名pod corn)(イラスト)は,果粒は硬粒種に似るが,その一つ一つが退化することなく発達した穎で包まれている。南アメリアから中央アメリカにかけての地域での古い栽培型で,現在ではほとんど栽培されていない。…

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