Maize
Already about 10,000 years ago, maize was domesticated by the indigenous communities in Mexico and it still plays a main role in the preparation of Mexican food [...] food dishes. The leafy stalk of the maize plant produces separate pollen and ovuliferous inflorescences, also specified as ears, which are fruit, producing [...] cultivated all over the world. When it comes to numbers and volumes; there is more maize produced every year (in terms of weight) than of any other grain.