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==Uses==
{{Uses|Gastrointestinal problem}}, {{Uses|Lung cancers}}, {{Uses|Abdominal tumours}}, {{Uses|Oesophageal}}, {{Uses|Cure warts}}, {{Uses|Lung abscess}}, {{Uses|Lobar pneumonia}}, {{Uses|Appendicitis}}, {{Uses|Rheumatoid arthritis}}, {{Uses|Beriberi}}, {{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Oedema}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Benzoxazolinones, amino acids (leucine, tyrosine, histadin, arginine and coicin). The seeds contain trans-ferulyl stigmastanol and titoleic and vaccerans-ferulyl campestanol. Seeds contain coixenolides, a mixed ester of palmnic acids. <ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
==Habit==
{{Habit|Perennial shrub}}
==Identification==
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pinkPink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong Oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|||seeds Seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
===Other features===
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
Job's Tears grows best in the moister areas of the tropics, succeeding at elevations up to 2,000 metres.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Wet places in grassland}}, {{Commonly seen|Himalayas}}, {{Commonly seen|Open sunny places}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Starr 040713-0121 Coix lachryma-jobi.jpg|Leaves
File:Larme de Job 2.JPG|Leaves
File:Starr 050107-2912 Coix lachryma-jobi.jpg|Flowers
File:Job's Tears IMG 5001.jpg|Seeds
File:Job's Tears IMG 4994.jpg|Seeds
</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-14</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[ "Morphology"]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Coix+lacryma-jobi Cultivation detail"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
*[https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Coix+lacryma-jobi Coix lachryma-jobi LInn on pfaf.org]*[http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Job's%20Tears.html Coix lachryma-jobi LInn on flowersofindia.net]*[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Coix+lacryma-jobi Coix lachryma-jobi LInn on theferns.info]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Poaceae]]
