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Non-scientific name:

job's tears

2 Accepted name(s) for "job's tears":

Accepted name
Coix lacryma-jobi L.
Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen (Rom.Caill.) Stapf

10 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Coix lachryma jobi Coix lacryma-jobi L. Coix lacryma-jobi L. roots
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Coix lachryma-jobi Coix lacryma-jobi L. Coix lacryma-jobi L. leaf, frond
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Coix lachryma-jobi Linn. Coix lacryma-jobi L. Coix lacryma-jobi L. roots
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Coix lacryma-jobi Linn. Coix lacryma-jobi L. Coix lacryma-jobi L.
Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Coix lachryma-jobi Linnaeus Coix lacryma-jobi L. Coix lacryma-jobi L.
Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Coix lachryma-jobi L. Coix lacryma-jobi L. Coix lacryma-jobi L. grains of ripe fruit
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Coix lacryma-jobi L. Coix lacryma-jobi L. Coix lacryma-jobi L.
Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Coix lacryma-jobi Coix lacryma-jobi L. Coix lacryma-jobi L. Fruits, Roots
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Coix lacryma-jobi L. Coix lacryma-jobi L. Coix lacryma-jobi L.
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Coix lacryma-jobi L. Coix lacryma-jobi L. Coix lacryma-jobi L.
Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Coix lacryma-jobi L. Coix lacryma-jobi L. Coix lacryma-jobi L. Seed
Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen (Roman.) Stapf Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen (Rom.Caill.) Stapf Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen (Rom.Caill.) Stapf Kernels
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen (Roman.) Stapf Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen (Rom.Caill.) Stapf Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen (Rom.Caill.) Stapf seed yi mi, seed
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen (Rom.Caill.) Stapf Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen (Rom.Caill.) Stapf Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen (Rom.Caill.) Stapf dried ripe caryopsis, freed from the shell caryopsis

62 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "job's tears":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
adlay Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
adlay millet Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
batak Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bhirkaulo Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chinese pearl barley Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chuis Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
coix Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
coix lacryma-jobi seed Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
coix seed Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
coix семян Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
cǎo pú tí Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gai pu ya haga Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gromwell-read Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
guì zhū shǔ Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
guǐ zhū jiàn Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hiobsträne Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
jabe Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
jali Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jelai Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jelai batu Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jelai pulut Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jilai Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ka-leik Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kalein Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kalein-thi Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kirindi Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kyeik Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
lahare chuchcho Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lai tuto Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lanchang Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
larmes de job Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
lágrimas de job Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
menjelai Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pearl barley Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
peral barley Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pitunja Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
rumput jelai Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
san yi mai Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
senjelai Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
takatoiy Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
taktriya Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tanki sun Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
yi mi Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
yi yi Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
yi yi gen Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yi yi ren Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
yì shǔ Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yì yǐ Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yì yǐ yè Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yìyǐrén Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
иовлевы слёзы Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
කිරිඳි Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ジュズダマ Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
桂珠黍 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
草菩提 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
薏米 Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
薏苡 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
薏苡仁 Other Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
薏苡叶 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
薏黍 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鬼珠箭 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
율무 Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)