Job's tears

Coix lacryma-jobi

The birth flower for October 10

Location: Kiba Park
Location: National Museum of Japanese History 'Botanical Garden'
Location: Kiba Park

Flower name
Job's tears
Scientific name
Coix lacryma-jobi
Aliasトウムギ, 唐麦, Coix lacryma-jobi, コイクス・ラクリマヨビ, Job's tears, Juzu-dama
Place of originSoutheast Asia
Place of floweringRiver, pond
Flowering seasonJuly, August, September, October
Purposes
Wild Plants

What is Job's tears

Birth flowers for Oct 10

The birth flower for October 10 is the Job’s tears or Juzu-dama (scientific name: Coix lacryma-jobi).

🌿 A Two-Voice Dialogue About Job’s Tears: “Connection”
by Aqua

In an autumn field,
Aqua found a round seed.

💧“You seem pretty hard, don’t you?”
🌿“That’s because I’m a Coix lacryma-jobi.”
💧“Like the beads on a rosary?”
🌿“They look similar, don’t they?”

Aqua gazed at the plump, round fruit.

💧“They’re beautiful even on their own—so why link them together?”
🌿“Does it have to be just one?”
💧“No. That’s not what I meant…

The Juzu-dama swayed in the breeze.

🌿“Each one has its own shape.”
💧“Yeah.”
🌿“But you know, when you connect with someone else, you can take on shapes you’ve never had before.”
💧 “If we connect, won’t I stop being myself?”

🌿 “No, you won’t.”

The juzu-dama chuckled softly.

🌿 “Because even when we’re connected, I’m still a juzu-dama.”

Aqua thought for a moment.

💧 “Then what about me?”
🌿 “A water droplet.”
💧“The Water Drop God…”
🌿“You don’t have to exaggerate.”
💧“First Parsley, and now you too…”

An autumn breeze swept between them.

🌿 Even alone, I’m still myself.
Even when connected, I’m still myself.
And when we connect, we can take on a new form.

Plop. 💧

Juzu-dama,

Job's tears or Juzu-dama (scientific name: Coix lacryma-jobi) is a large annual herbaceous plant of the genus Coix in the Poaceae family, native to Southeast Asia. It is found near waterways in Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and Okinawa and grows to a height of 1 to 2 m. The stems are branched and large. The stems branch and grow into large plants. From summer to autumn, spike inflorescences grow from the leaf axils and bear small ears of female and male flowers.
Its autumn fruits are shiny, hard and bead-shaped, and fall off when ripe.
The fruit has an air layer inside and floats lightly in the water and is carried away to breed in the area where
it is harvested. C. lacryma-jobi is the original species of C. lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen.

Common name: Job's tears,
scientific name: Coix lacryma-job,
also known as Juzu-dama, Coix lacryma-jobi,
origin: native to Southeast Asia,
Life-type: Large annual herbaceous plant, Habitat: Near water, Height: 1-2 m, Leaf width: 1-4 cm, Leaf length: 20-50 cm, Inflorescence: Alternate, Leaf shape: Linear, Leaf margin: Sparse,
Flower diameter: 0.3-0.6 cm, Flowering time: July-October, Inflorescence: Erect inflorescence, Flower shape: Ears, Color: White,
Fruit Diameter: 0.9 cm.

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