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[[File:Coix lacryma-jobi 2015-08-29 5609.jpg|thumb|right|''Gavedhuka'']]
'''Gavedhuka''' is a perennial or annual grass found in India. It is widely distributed throughout the plains and warm slopes of hills upto 1500 m.
==Uses==
==Chemical Composition==
Benzoxazolinones, amino acids (leucine, tyrosine, histadin, arginine and coicin). The seeds contain trans-ferulyl stigmastanol and transtitoleic and vaccerans-ferulyl campestanol. Seeds contain coixenolides, a mixed ester of palmitoleic and vaccenic palmnic acids. <ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
==How to plant/cultivate==
Job's Tears grows best in the moister areas of the tropics, succeeding at elevations up to 2,000 metres. It is reported to tolerate an annual precipitation in the range of 610 - 4290mm, an average annual temperature of 9.6 to 27.8°c and a pH in the range of 4.5 to 8.4<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
