Publication: Sp. Pl. 2: 972. 1753.

Origin: Introduced from tropical Asia

Herbarium search: CPNWH

Notes: Reported from WA in FNA., but known from a single specimen from Suksdorf\'s garden. Considered excluded until further evidence is found for including it in the flora.

FNA25: "Coix lacryma-jobi is a tall, maize-like plant. In North America, it is usually grown as an ornamental, but it has become established at scattered locations in the Flora region. The involucres, which can be used as beads, may be white, blue, pink, straw, gray, brown, or black, with the color being distributed evenly, irregularly, or in stripes. Cultivars with easily removed involucres are grown for food and beverage, especially in Asia."

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