MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Coix Names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 

 


Coix lacryma-jobi L.

SYNONYM(S) : Coix agrestis Lour., Coix arundinacea Lamk, Coix lacryma L., Coix exaltata Jacq.

ARABIC : Badrâng, Dam'Ayûb (Damu Ayub), Amadrayân.

CHINESE : Chuan gu, Chuan gu gen (medicinal name), Ye mi ren, Ye yi ren, Ye yi mi, Shan yi mi, Hui hui mi ?

ENGLISH : Job's-tears, Adlay, Adley, Adlay millet, Coix millet, Gromwell reed.

ENGLISH : Jobinkyynelheinä.

FRENCH : Larmes de Job, Larmilles, Herbe à chapelets.

GERMAN : Hiobsträne, Hiobstränengras.

ITALIAN : Lacrima di Giobbe, Lacrime di Gesù, Erba da corone.

JAPANESE : Juzudama.

KHMER : Skuöy.

LAOTIAN : Düay.

MALAY : Jelai batu, Jelai pulut, Menjelai, Jali (Indonesia), Jali betul (Indonesia), Jali watu (Indonesia), Rumput jelai.

SPANISH : Lágrimas de San Pedro, Lágrimas de Job.

TAGALOG : Katigbi, Kaudlasan.

THAI : Duai, Maduai.

TURKISH : Yashé otu.

VIETNAMESE : -.

VISAYAN : Adlai.

 

Photograph by G.D. Carr at Botany Dept. Hawaii University.

 


Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. aquatica (Roxb.) Watt

SYNONYM(S) : Coix aquatica Roxb.

FRENCH : Coix des marais.

VIETNAMESE : .

 


Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. frumentacea Makino -> Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. mayuen (Rom. Caill.) Stapf


Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. gigantea (J. König ex Roxb.) Stapf

SYNONYM(S) : Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. palustris (Koorders) Baker, Coix gigantea J. König ex Roxb., Coix lingulata Hack.

VIETNAMESE : .


Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. lacryma-jobi L. -> Coix lacryma-jobi L.


Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. maxima Makino

JAPANESE : Oni juzudama, Shishidama.


Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. mayuen (Rom. Caill.) Stapf

SYNONYM(S) : Coix mayuen Rom. Caill., Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. frumentacea Makino

CHINESE : Yi yi, Yi yi ren (medicinal name), Yi yi ren, Yi mi, Yi mi.

ENGLISH : Large-fruited adlay, Edible adlay.

JAPANESE : Hato mugi.

VIETNAMESE : , .

 

Types : dwarf, glutinous, Non-glutinous.


Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. monilifer Watt

ENGLISH : Burmese adlay.


Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. palustris (Koorders) Baker -> Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. gigantea (J. König ex Roxb.) Stapf


Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. puellarium (Balansa) A. Camus

SYNONYM(S) : Coix puellarium Balansa

VIETNAMESE : -.


Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. stenocarpa (Oliv.) Stapf

SYNONYM(S) : Coix stenocarpa (Stapf) Balansa, Coix tubulosa Hack. ex Warb.

 

 

 

 


REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
Complementary / Specific

 

EURODICAUTOM, On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages provided by the European Commission < http://eurodic.echo.lu/cgi-bin/edicbin/EuroDicWWW.pl?page=expert > (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Latin with authority names)

International Plant Name Index < http://www.ipni.org/ >.

Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

Takashi Enomoto, 2000, Wild Plants of Japan. Research Institute for Bio-Resources, Okayama University, Japan. < http://www.rib.okayama-u.ac.jp/ >

USDA, ARS, 2000, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?coix (31 August 2000). (A number of languages, some romanised, Latin with authority names)

Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.

Xie Zongwa & Yu Youqin (Editors), 1996, Materia Medica, Chinese Terminology, Vol. 1, Renminweisheng Publishing House Beijing, China. (Latin with authority names and Chinese-simplified, text in Chinese).

 

Contributors to this page (Personal communication) : In progress.

 

 

 

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