Plant Details

Accepted name:: Coix lacryma-jobi var. lacryma-jobi [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Coix lacryma-jobi L.
Infraspecies:: 3

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:
川谷根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Coix agrestis Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 551 (1790).
Coix lacryma-jobi var. monilifer Watt Agric. Ledger 12: 214 (1904).
Coix ouwehandii Koord. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 1: 191 (1918).
Coix palustris Koord. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 1: 158 (1918).
Coix arundinacea Lam. Encycl. 3: 422 (1792).
Coix exaltata Fisch. ex J.Jacq. Ecl. Gram. Rar.: 60 (1820).
Coix gigantea J.Jacq. Ecl. Gram. Rar.: t. 40 (1820), nom. illeg.
Coix lacryma-jobi f. agrestis (Lour.) Backer Handb. Fl. Java 2: 33 (1928).
Coix lacryma-jobi var. exaltata (Fisch. ex J.Jacq.) Link Hort. Reg. Bot. Berol. 1: 253 (1827).
Coix lacryma-jobi var. major Mimeur Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 31: 202 (1951).
Coix lacryma-jobi var. maxima Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 20: 10 (1906).
Coix lacryma-jobi var. minor Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 2 (1842).
Coix lacryma-jobi var. novoguineensis Pilg. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 52: 171 (1914).
Coix lacryma-jobi var. oocarpa Buse in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 386 (1854).
Coix lacryma-jobi f. palustris (Koord.) Backer Handb. Fl. Java 2: 33 (1928).
Coix pumila Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 572 (1832).
Coix stigmatosa K.Koch & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 9 (1855).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Coix agrestis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Coix lachryma-jobi L. var. lacryma-jobi	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. lacryma-jobi	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. monilifer Watt	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. monilifer Watt.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Coix ouwenhandii	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Coix palustria	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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