Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:972. 1753
Verified:
10/13/2000
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
adlay – adlay millet – Job's-tears – French
larmes de Job – German
Hiobsträne – Japanese Rōmaji
juzudama – Spanish
lágrimas de Job – lágrimas de San Pedro – Swedish
Jobs tårar – Transcribed Chinese
yi yi –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
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INDO-CHINA:
Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
-
MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993 |
Human food | beverage base | | Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968 |
Materials | beads | | Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). |
Materials | lipids | | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=11129.
Accessed 29 September 2024.