JOB'S TEARS

Job's Tears (Coix lacryma-jobi), Coixseed, adlay, or adlai, is a tall grain-bearing tropical plant of the family Poaceae (grass family) native to East Asia and peninsular Malaysia but elsewhere cultivated in gardens as an annual. It has been naturalized in the southern United States and the New World tropics. In its native environment it is grown in higher areas where rice and corn do not grow well. Job's Tears is also commonly, but misleadingly sold as Chinese pearl barley in Asian supermarkets, despite the fact that C. lacryma-jobi are not of the same genus as barley (Hordeum vulgare). Job's Tears is an expansive leaved, fanned grass. It is local to China, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia. It is viewed as a nutritious well being sustenance in Asian nations. The seeds of Job's tears are tear-molded and come in a few hues including yellow, darker, white, and purple. The seeds are some of the time utilized as decorative globules. The root and seed of the plant are in some cases utilized as a pharmaceutical.