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[Dinesh Valke]

Poaceae (formerly and a.k.a. Gramineae) » Coix lacryma-jobi
Synonyms: Coix arundinacea, Coix lachryma


KOH-iks -- from a Greek name used by Theophrastus for a palm plant
LAK-ry-muh JOB-ee -- Job's tears

        
commonly known as: Job's tears • Assamese: কোবামণি kauramani • Bengali: গুৰগুৰ gurgur • Gujarati: ગરોલુ garolu, કહુદો kahudo, કસઇ kasai • Hindi: गुर्लू gurlu, संक्रू samkru • Kannada: ಅಶ್ರು ಬೀಜ ashru bija • Khasi: sohriu • Konkani: रान झांधळो ran jamdhlo • Lushai: mîm • Malayalam: kattugotampu • Manipuri: চনিঙ chaning • Marathi: रान जोंधळा ran jondhala, रान मका ran maka • Mizo: pingpih • Nepalese: तुलिगाँड़ो tuligaro • Sanskrit: गवेधुका gavedhuka • Tamil: குறத்திப்பாசி kuratti-p-paci • Telugu: అడవి గురిగింజ adavi guriginja


Native of: China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia; widely naturalized in tropics


sightings are from between NOV 07 and SEP 09
at Kharghar Hills, Navi Mumbai and Vaghbil, Thane.

[tanay bose]

Very Very nice collection 

Tanay

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Poaceae (formerly and a.k.a. Gramineae) » Coix lacryma-jobi
Synonyms: Coix arundinacea, Coix lachryma


KOH-iks -- from a Greek name used by Theophrastus for a palm plant
LAK-ry-muh JOB-ee -- Job's tears

        

commonly known as: Job's tears • Assamese: কোবামণি kauramani • Bengali: গুৰগুৰ gurgur • Gujarati: ગરોલુ garolu, કહુદો kahudo, કસઇ kasai • Hindi: गुर्लू gurlu, संक्रू samkru • Kannada: ಅಶ್ರು ಬೀಜ ashru bija • Khasi: sohriu • Konkani: रान झांधळो ran jamdhlo • Lushai: mîm • Malayalam: kattugotampu • Manipuri: চনিঙ chaning • Marathi: रान जोंधळा ran jondhala, रान मका ran maka • Mizo: pingpih • Nepalese: तुलिगाँड़ो tuligaro • Sanskrit: गवेधुका gavedhuka • Tamil: குறத்திப்பாசி kuratti-p-paci • Telugu: అడవి గురిగింజ adavi guriginja

Native of: China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia; widely naturalized in tropics


sightings are from between NOV 07 and SEP 09
at Kharghar Hills, Navi Mumbai and Vaghbil, Thane.

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[Pankaj Kumar]

Coix lacryma-jobi L. Sp. Pl. 2: 972. 1753.

Type: Lectotype - Herb. Linn. No. 1098.1 (LINN)
Regards
Pankaj

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Poaceae (formerly and a.k.a. Gramineae) » Coix lacryma-jobi
> Synonyms: Coix arundinacea, Coix lachryma
>
>
> KOH-iks -- from a Greek name used by Theophrastus for a palm plant
> LAK-ry-muh JOB-ee -- Job's tears
>
>
> commonly known as: Job's tears • Assamese: কোবামণি kauramani • Bengali:
> গুৰগুৰ gurgur • Gujarati: ગરોલુ garolu, કહુદો kahudo, કસઇ kasai • Hindi:
> गुर्लू gurlu, संक्रू samkru • Kannada: ಅಶ್ರು ಬೀಜ ashru bija • Khasi: sohriu
> • Konkani: रान झांधळो ran jamdhlo • Lushai: mîm • Malayalam: kattugotampu •
> Manipuri: চনিঙ chaning • Marathi: रान जोंधळा ran jondhala, रान मका ran maka

> • Mizo: pingpih • Nepalese: तुलिगाँड़ो tuligaro • Sanskrit: गवेधुका gavedhuka

> • Tamil: குறத்திப்பாசி kuratti-p-paci • Telugu: అడవి గురిగింజ adavi
> guriginja
>
>
> Native of: China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia; widely
> naturalized in tropics
>
>
> sightings are from between NOV 07 and SEP 09
> at Kharghar Hills, Navi Mumbai and Vaghbil, Thane.
>

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[Pankaj Kumar]

Type attached.
Pankaj