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Coix Aquatica
''Coix'' is a genus of Asian and Australian plants in the Poaceae, grass family. The best-known species is ''Coix lacryma-jobi,'' widely called Job's tears. Its variety Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen, ''Coix lacryma-jobi'' var. ''ma-yuen'' is cultivated in many warm regions as a source of food, medicine, and ornamentation. The generic name is from Ancient Greek κόϊξ (''koix''), which originally referred to the doum palm (''Hyphaene thebaica''); the fruits of the doum palm resemble the Diaspore (botany), diaspores of ''Coix''. Species *''Coix aquatica'' Roxb. - China (Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi), Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia; naturalized in New Guinea *''Coix gasteenii'' B.K.Simon - northern Queensland *''Coix lacryma-jobi'' L. - China , Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia; naturalized in other parts of Asia as well as in southern Europe, Africa, the Americas, and various oceanic islands Formerly Included see ''Chionachne Polytoca Tripsacum'' For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coix Lacryma-jobi
Job's tears (''Coix lacryma-jobi)'', also known as Adlay or Adlay millet, is a tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant of the family Poaceae (grass family). It is native to Southeast Asia and introduced to Northern China and India in remote antiquity, and elsewhere cultivated in gardens as an Annual plant, annual. It has been naturalized in the southern United States and the New World tropics. In its native environment it is grown at higher elevation areas where rice and corn do not grow well. Job's tears are also commonly sold as Chinese pearl barley. There are two main varieties of the species, one wild and one cultivated. The wild variety, ''Coix lacryma-jobi'' var. ''lacryma-jobi'', has hard-shelled pseudocarps—very hard, pearly white, oval structures used as beads for making prayer beads or rosary, rosaries, necklaces, and other objects. The cultivated variety ''Coix lacryma-jobi'' var. ''ma-yuen'' is harvested as a cereal crop, has a soft shell, and used medicinally i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
