Coix lacryma jobi-L
Coix lacryma jobi-L
Coix lacryma jobi-L
MG098 : Coix lacryma-jobi L.
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Coix agrestis Lour.;
Coix arundinacea Lam.;
Coix chinensis Tod.;
Coix chinensis Tod. ex Balansa nom. illeg.;
Coix exaltata Jacq. ex Spreng.;
Coix gigantea J.Jacq. nom. illeg.;
Coix lacryma L. nom. illeg.;
Coix ma-yuen Rom.Caill.;
Coix ouwehandii Koord.;
Coix ovata Stokes nom. illeg.;
Coix palustris Koord.;
Coix pendula Salisb. nom. illeg.;
Coix pumila Roxb.;
Coix stenocarpa (Oliv.) Balansa;
Coix stigmatosa K.Koch & Bouché;
Coix tubulosa Hack.;
Lithagrostis lacryma-jobi (L.) Gaertn.;
Sphaerium lacryma (L.) Kuntze nom. illeg.;
Sphaerium tubulosum (Warb.) Kuntze; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Job's tears, adlay or adlay millet, Chinese pearl barley, |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae |
| Description | : | Job’s Tears is a coarse annual herb. The stem is erect, branched, rather coarse, and stout, and 1-2 m high. The leaves are 10-40 cm long, 2.5-4 cm wide, with the base broad and cordate. The spikes are 6-10 cm long, erect and peduncled. The male spikelets are about 8 mm long. The capsules (fruits), enclosing the female flowers and the grains, are hard, bony, white or nearly black, shining, ovoid, about 8 mm long. The chief value of Job’s Tears lies in the edibility of the fruit. The berries are also strung as beads, used as rosaries, made into curtains, trays, bags etc. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The root is used in India for menstrual disorders. In Liberia the juice from the stem is squeezed into the eye to relieve irritation due to injury. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Kokate, U.R. and Muratkar, G.D., "Study of the effect of invasive species on the development of grass meadows of Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati Maharashtra", Online International Interdisciplinary Research Journal, ISSN2249: 9598,(2014) Volume IV, Issue II, pp. 155 to 165
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Job's%20Tears.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Kokate, U.R. and Muratkar, G.D.; "Study of the effect of invasive species on the development of grass meadows of Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati Maharashtra"; Online International Interdisciplinary Research Journal (2014); 4(2): 155-165 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Commelinidae |
| Order | : Cyperales |
| Family | : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family |
| Genus | : Coix L. - Job's tears |
| Species | : Coix lacryma jobi-L |