Poaceae
Job's tears
Coix lacryma-jobi
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Coix
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Common names
By language (49)
- ace
- Glém batèe
- Arabic
- دمع أيوب, أمدريان, بدرانج, دمع ايوب, لؤلؤة الشعير
- arz
- دمع ايوب
- Asturian
- Llarimines de San Pedro
- bjn
- Hajalai
- Burmese
- ကျိတ်ပင်
- Cantonese
- 薏苡, 薏仁, 薏米
- Catalan
- Llàgrimes de Job
- Cebuano
- Adlay
- Cherokee
- ᏎᎷ ᎤᏂᏥ ᎠᏯᏟᏗ
- Chinese
- 薏苡, 川谷米根, 薏仁米, 薏米, 薏苡仁, 薏苡叶, 薏仁
- Czech
- Slzovka obecná, Jobovy slzy
- English
- Job's tears, Adlay, Chinese pearl barley, Coixseed, Tear grass
- Filipino
- Adlai
- Finnish
- Jobinkyynelheinä
- French
- Adlaï, Herbe à chapelets, Larme de Job, Larme-de-Job
- Galician
- Adlai, Adlái
- German
- Hiobsträne, Hatomugi, Juzudama
- Hungarian
- Jób könnye, Jób könnyei, Könnyfű
- Indonesian
- Jali, Jali jali, Jali-jali
- Italian
- Adlai, Lacrime di Giobbe
- Japanese
- ジュズダマ, ジュズゴ
- Javanese
- Jali
- Korean
- 염주
- lzh
- 薏苡
- Macedonian
- Бисерен јачмен, Кинески бисерен јачмен, Јовови солзи
- Malay
- Jelai
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടുഗോതമ്പ്
- mzn
- شال تسبه
- Nepali
- भिरगौंडी
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Tåregress
- Occitan
- Lagremas de Jòb
- pam
- Balantakan
- Persian
- اشک روباه
- Polish
- Łzawnica ogrodowa, Łzawica ogrodowa, Łzy Hioba
- Portuguese
- Adlai
- Quechua
- Kuymi, Kuimi, Lágrima de Job, Lágrimas de Job
- Russian
- Иовлевы слёзы
- Spanish
- Adlay, Lagrimas de Jacob, Lagrimas de Job, Lágrimas de Jacob, Lágrimas de Job
- Sundanese
- Hanjeli
- Swedish
- Jobs tårar
- szy
- Babeku
- Thai
- ลูกเดือย
- Tongan
- Hana
- Ukrainian
- Бусінник, Сльози Іова
- vec
- Adlài, Adlai
- Vietnamese
- Ý dĩ, Cườm thảo
- xmf
- Გირინიშ ძია
- Yiddish
- איובֿסטרערן, אַדלײַ, איובֿטרערן
Synonyms
- Coix agrestis var. maxima (Makino) Nakai
- Coix exaltata Jacq.
- Coix lacryma L.
- Coix ovata Stokes
- Coix pendula Salisb.
- Lithagrostis lacryma-jobi (L.) Gaertn.
- Sphaerium lacryma Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- February to March, June to December (from 53 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Pablo Cauã da Silva Toledo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Paula Romano, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.