Black corn is a special type of corn, and its cuticle has different degrees of melanin precipitation, and its appearance is black and shiny. Grain is rich in water-soluble melanin, various trace elements necessary for human body, plant protein and various amino acids, and its nutritional content is obviously higher than other cereal crops.
The sugar content of black corn stalk is 1 1.95%, which is three times higher than that of ordinary corn stalk. It is a good feed for cows and dairy goats.
morphological character
Plants are tall, and their stems are hard and straight. The leaves are narrow and large, with wavy edges and alternate on both sides of the stem. Androgyny, the male spike is terminal. Female flowers are axillary, mature into spikes with thick central axis, and the spikelets develop into two rows of grains in pairs, which are edible. Its grain and panicle axis are purple-black, the grain is purple, the skin is thin, the taste is good and the quality is good.