Botanical Name

Coix lacryma-jobi

Family

Poaceae

Sanskrit name

Gavedhuka

English name

Job’s tears

Hindi

Samkru

Kannada

Kaage mani

Habit

Shrub

Habitat

Wet places in grassland in the foothills of the Himalayas, Open sunny places.

Plant Description

It is an erect, annual to perennial, strongly tailoring grass with erect, robust culms. Seeds are of many colours ranging from yellow, white, grey to black

Distribution

South East Asia

Part used

Root, fruit, seed

Medicinal uses

Useful in obesity, menstrual disorders, nausea, vomitting, cough,intestinl worm infestation.

Other uses

Grains are used as beads in making jewellary, basket etc.