Jobs Tears

Coix lacryma-jobi
Poaceae

Growth Habit

Grass/Sedge

Description

Annual to 1.5m. Stems robust, erect. Leaves narrow-lanceolate, to 60x5cm. Inflorescence arching gracefully; male racemes to 5cm; spikelets to 1cm; utricles ovoid-globose, hard, to 13mm, white to grey, tinged blue to brown.

Source of plant

Cornell Botanic Gardens

USDA Hardiness Zone

9

Special characteristics

tender perennial, other ethnobotanical uses