- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Coix lacryma L.; Coix ovata Stokes; Coix pendula Salisb.; Lithagrostis lacryma-jobi (L.) Gaertn.; Sphaerium lacryma Kuntze
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Coix lacryma-jobi L.
- Common name : Job's tear grass
- Vernacular name :
- Gurlu, Sankru (Hindi)
- Manjutti (Kannada)
- Gavedhukah (Sanskrit)
- Ranjondhala, Kasai, Kochura, Randawar, Ran-jondhala, Ran-maka (Marathi)
- Kakkappallunku, Kattugothenmbu, Kunthamani, Poochakal (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Marshy areas
- Comments / notes : Common throughout in standing waters and along banks of streams
- Flower, Fruit : August-June
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 15/01/1969
- Collection Nos : CJS 12289
- Collection Locality : Shiradi ghat, Hassan district
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Hassan district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 2789
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Coix lacryma-jobi. Downloaded on 9 December 2024.
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