COXLJ
Growth form
Grass
Biological cycle
Annual
Habitat
Terrestrial
synonym | Coix lacryma L., nom. superfl. |
synonym | Coix ovata Stokes, nom. superfl. |
synonym | Coix pendula Salisb., nom. superfl. |
synonym | Lithagrostis lacryma-jobi (L.) Gaertn. |
synonym | Sphaerium lacryma Kuntze, nom. superfl. |
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Madagascar: Coix lacryma-jobi blooms during much of the rainy season, from February to June.
Mayotte : Coix lacryma-jobi flowers and fruits all year round.
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Coix lacrima-jobi likes moist forest areas, river banks or swampy stations in the village perimeters.
Comoros: This species is observed at low altitude in abandoned wastelands north of Ngazidja but also at high altitude in fallow land after tomato and taro crops.
Madagascar: Coix lacrima-jobi likes cool stations with deep, fertile soils (river) alluvial type or ferralitic with humus, in sunny places or lightly shaded. It is a weed in fallow on the banks of canals and rivers, edges of crops at the bottom slope in the East and the wet North of the island. It is common in post-cropping fallow following mountain rice crops in humid forest zone. It is found in extensive or semi-intensive cropping systems like rice or corn or sugar cane, in the humid regions of Madagascar: East Coast, North plain.
Mauritius: This species is very common in very humid places (> 2500 mm of rain annually).
Mayotte: Coix lacryma-jobi is an exotic species, commonly naturalized on the banks of rivers, in certain very wet meadows and sometimes cultivated for its grains.
Reunion: Species present on the edge of rainforest on the east coast of the island from 0 to 1000 m altitude (White wood forest, banks of Grand Etang).
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Coix%2520lacryma-jobi
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Liliopsida |
Order | Poales |
Family | Poaceae |
Genus | Coix |
Species | Coix lacryma-jobi L. |