Purple corn (Spanish: maíz morado) or purple maize is group of flint maize varieties (Zea mays indurata) originating in South America, descended from a common ancestral variety termed "kʼculli" in Quechua.[1] It is most commonly grown in the Andes of Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.
- ^ Corral, Marta (6 November 2020). "Maíz morado: propiedades y beneficios del 'elixir' inca de la eterna juventud" [Purple corn: properties and benefits of the Inca 'elixir' of eternal youth]. El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 January 2023.