Coix LACHRYMA - JOBI L.
| Synonym : | Coix agrestis Lour. Coix exaltata Jacq. Coix pumila Roxb. Lithagrostis lacryma-jobi (L.) Gaertn. |
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| Bangla Name : | Tasbi, Gurgur, Kalo Kunch, Kawoakathi.,Poom (Murong). |
| English Name : | Job’s Tears, Adlay. |
| Family : | Poaceae |
| Disease : | Diuretic, laxative, tumour, cancers, fever, small-pox, dysentery, anthrax, strangury, tonic and diuretic. |
| Description : | A stout, perennial grass, 0.9-1.5 m high. Leaves 10-45 cm long, narrowed from a broad cordate base to acuminate tip. Racemes 2.5-6.3 cm long, nodding or drooping from long peduncles. Fruit from broadly ovoid to globose, bluish grey, 6-10 mm long, smooth, polished. |
| Distribution : | All over Bangladesh in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Seeds contain an anti-cancer agent, coixenolide. Germanium compounds, useful in the treatment of muscular pain, arthritis, etc., have also been isolated from the seeds. Seedlings contain glucosides of 1,4-benzoxazine derivatives. Roots contain benzoxazoli |
| Uses : | In China plants are used as diuretic and laxative. Plant and its juice are used in tumour, cancers, fever, small-pox, dysentery and anthrax. Roots are given in strangury and menstrual complaints. Seeds are tonic, diuretic and blood purifier. It is used fo |
| Habit : | - |