Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
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.
SYNONYM(S) : Coix aquatica Roxb.
FRENCH : Coix des marais.
VIETNAMESE : 
.
SYNONYM(S) : Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. palustris (Koorders) Baker, Coix gigantea J. König ex Roxb., Coix lingulata Hack.
VIETNAMESE : 
.
JAPANESE : 
Oni juzudama, 
Shishidama.
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.
ENGLISH : Burmese adlay.
SYNONYM(S) : Coix puellarium Balansa
VIETNAMESE : -.
SYNONYM(S) : Coix stenocarpa (Stapf) Balansa, Coix tubulosa Hack. ex Warb.
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).
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