Coix lacryma-jobi, L.
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1. C. lacryma-jobi L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 972 (1753).
Stems up to 2 m, erect, smooth, glabrous. Leaves up to 5 cm wide, lanceolate, cordate atbase, acuminate; ligule c. 10 mm. Male spikelets 6-8 mm. Involucres 8-10 mm, ovoid to globose, white or bluish, very hard. Stigmas protruding far beyond the involucre. Cultivated for ornament and locally naturalized in the Mediterranean region. [Ga Hs It Si.] (Tropical Asia and Africa.)
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Coix lacryma-jobi
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1980 |
C. lacryma-jobi
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