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Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 972. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 
 

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Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Flower/Fruit: Fl. & Fr. Per.: August-October.
Type: Type: Indies (LINN).
Distribution: Distribution: Pakistan (Sind, Punjab, N.W.F.P. & Kashmir); native in tropical Asia but now distributed throughout the tropics.
Comment/Acknowledgements: Job’s Tears is an uncommon grass in Pakistan, but in parts of India it is grown either for its grain, from which a porridge can be made, or for its cupules which can be made into beads. The leaves and stems provide a useful fodder. Many races of Job’s Tears are known, including soft-shelled forms used for their grain and a variety of hard-shelled forms with cupules of assorted shapes and colours.
Map Location: B-7 Hazara dist.: below Sathian Gali, Siran Valley, M.A. Siddiqi, Y. Nasir & Zaffar 4066 (RAW); C-7 Attock dist.: Wah, E. Nasir & M.A. Siddiqi 1566 (RAW): Wah, 1800', R. R. Stewart 12503 (K); C-8 Kashmir: Tauri Valley, 3000', 25 August 1891, G. A. Gammie s.n. (K); G-5 Thatta dist.: c.9 miles from Sujawal on way to Jati, Sultanul Abedin & A. Ghafoor 4183 (K).

 

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Coarse annual; culms 1-3 m high. Leaf-blades linear-lanceolate, 10-45 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, cordate at the base. Cupule 5-15 mm long, typically glabose-ovoid, bony, shining, white or bluish. Male raceme 3-5 cm long, the spikelets 7-8 mm long.
 
 
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