Job's Tears (Coix lacryma-jobi L.)
Also known as Jobs-tears, coix seed, gromwell grass, tear grass, adlay millet, Chinese pearl barley.
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Introduced | |
| Introduced or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
This species is also introduced in Mexico and tends to become more abundant moving farther south. We have yet to build this portion of its map.
↑Uses
This species is widely cultivated as a grain, but it is only a minor food and not usually a staple. A few cultures only use the plant medicinally. It is also used to make beads.
↑Notes
Although this species is sometimes referred to as a "millet", it is not closely related to most other millets; among other grains also referred to as "millet", the only one relatively closely-related is sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). For this reason, we recommend avoiding referring to either species as a "millet".
↑Links & External Resources
• Coix lacryma-jobi (Job's tears) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Coix lacryma-jobi (Job's-tears) | CABI Invasive Species Compendium (About This Site)
• Coix lacryma-jobi | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Coix lacryma-jobi | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Coix lacryma-jobi | Flora of North America (About This Site)
• Coix lacryma-jobi L. | Plants of the World Online (POWO) (About This Site)
