Coix lacryma-jobi L.
Common Name : Job’s tears
Family : Poaceae
HABIT |
A STOUT , MUCH-BRANCHED ANNUAL GRASS. |
STEMS |
CULMS
0.9-1.5 M TALL, SPREADING BELOW, ROOTING AT THE LOWER NODES, INTERNODES
SMOOTH, POLISHED. |
LEAVES |
10-50 CM LONG AND 1.5-5 CM WIDE, NARROWED
FROM A BROAD CORDATE BASE TO AN ACUMINATE TIP, SMOOTH ON BOTH SURFACES,
MARGINS SPINULOSELY SERRATE; MIDRIB STOUT; SHEATHS LONG, SMOOTH; LIGULE A VERY
NARROW MEMBRANE. |
FLOWERS |
BORNE
IN 2.5-6.3 CM LONG RACEMES, NODDING OR DROOPING FROM LONG PEDUNCLES; MALE
RACEMES 1.5-4 CM LONG, ERECT, SPIKELETS MOSTLY PAIRED; FEMALE RACEMES
ENCLOSED WITHIN A BEADLIKE AURICLE, WHICH IS WHITE TO GREEN OR BLUISH,
GLOBOSE, 0.6-1.2 CM LONG, HARD. |
FRUITS |
UTRICLE,
OBLONG-CYLINDRIC, TRUNCATE AT APEX, ROUNDED AT BASE. |
SEEDS |
SUBCYLINDERIC,
TRUNCATE AT APEX, REDDISH BROWN. |