Plant Details

Accepted name:: Coix lacryma-jobi L. [Poaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 4

Coix lacryma-jobi var. lacryma-jobi

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

Coix lacryma-jobi var. puellarum (Balansa) E.G.Camus & A.Camus

Coix lacryma-jobi var. stenocarpa Oliv.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adaviguruginja	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
adlay	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
adlay millet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
agúsa	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
am minik	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
amdoriān	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ashru beeja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
batak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bhirkaulo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
capim de contas	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
catri-conda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chi shih	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
chieh li	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
chih-i-jin	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chuis	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
coix	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
coix seed extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
conta-de-nossa-senhora	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
cǎo pú tí	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dabhir	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
damudud	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dedhaan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
devaan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
djali batoe	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
domou-e-ayyoub	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
gadagad	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gai pu ya haga	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ganduta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gangola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garahadua	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garahedu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
garaheduaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gargari	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gargaridhan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
garheduaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
garun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gavedhu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gavedhuka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gavedhuka (root)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gavedhukaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gavedhukah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gavedu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gaveduk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gojihva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gorivindlu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gorivipusa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
graines chapelet	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
gulbigadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gundraguttha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gurlu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guì zhū shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
guǐ zhū jiàn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gū yǎ diū	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
hato-mugi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
hatomugi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
hiobsträne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hui hui mi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
i chu tzu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
i i jen	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
i i jen chiu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
jabe	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
jali	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jargadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jelai	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) 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)
job s tears	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
job' tears	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
job's tear	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
job's tears	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
job's-tears	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jobs tears	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
jobs tårar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
job’s tears	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jogimani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jondhala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jorgadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
juzudama	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ka-leik	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kaage mani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaakkappalunku	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kaash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaattukuntumani	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kaatu kunthumani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaatugotampu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kaiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkappalunku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalein	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kalein-thi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kalmathu beeja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalmuthu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kan mi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kasaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kasei	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kashige gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattugotampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukuntumani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirindi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kothi beeja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koti beeja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurattippaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kyeik	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
lagrimas de san pedro	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
len-camani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lágrima-de-nossa-senhora	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
lágrimas de job	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lágrimas de san pedro	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mak deuy	Other	Trade Liberal. in Med. Pl. & Spices, Lao (Sydara, 2007)
manjutti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
menjelai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nerpul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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)
punaccippul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ran jondhala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ran makkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ran-jamdholo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ranjondhala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ranmakkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rumput jelai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sagádi	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
samkru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
san yi mai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sankhlu	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
senjelai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
t'u i mi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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)
tranengras	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
yee mai	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
yi yi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yi yi gen	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yi yi ren	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
yiyi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
yiyiren	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
yoku-i-nin	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
yokuinin	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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)
zyuzu-dama	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ý dĩ	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
امدرّيان	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
دموع ایّوب	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
කිරිඳි	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
川谷根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
桂珠黍	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
草菩提	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
薏苡	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
薏苡仁	Other	TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
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)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
Root		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Seed		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Fruits, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Root, seed		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Seed		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
fruit, seed, root, leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
grains	grains of ripe fruit	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Seed		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
root	dried root	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
stem, leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
seed, root		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
seed		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Coix lacryma L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1261 (1759), nom. superfl.
Coix ovata Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 342 (1812), nom. superfl.
Coix pendula Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 28 (1796), nom. superfl.
Lithagrostis lacryma-jobi (L.) Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 7 (1788).
Sphaerium lacryma Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 793 (1891), nom. superfl.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Caix lacryma Jobi	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Coix lachryma L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Coix lachryma jobi	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Coix lachryma-jobi	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Coix lachryma-jobi L.	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Coix lachryma-jobi Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Coix lachryma-jobi Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Coix lachrymajobi L.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Coix lachrymal-jobi L.	Trade Liberal. in Med. Pl. & Spices, Lao (Sydara, 2007)
Coix lacrima-jobi	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Coix lacryma	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Coix lacryma-jobi	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Coix lacryma-jobi L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Coix lacryma-jobi Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Coix lacryma-jovi L.	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Coix lacrymajobi	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)

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