Job’s tears or tigbi PRODUCT NAME
Coix Lachryma-jobi L. var Ma-yuen (Roman.) Staff. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Job’s tears or tigbi |
| Local Name: | Abukai (Palaui Islands); Adlai (Bicol); Agagi (Batanes Islands); Aglai (Misamis); Apagi (Lepanto); Attakai (Bontoc); Balatakan (Pampanga); Bintikai, Burubayuko (Bikol) Dumau (Cebu); Kalabugan (Bukidnon); Kambot (Abra); Katigbi (Bohol); Koldasan (Bicol) Kudlasan (Polillo, Balabac Island); Palias (Mindoro); Puyas, Lamudias, Alimudias (Negros Occidental); Pintaka (Bicol, Bisaya); Tigbi (Samar, Bukidnon, Camarines, Laguna, Manila, Rizal, Batangas, Bontoc); Tigbikai (Bicol). |
| Family: | Gramineae |
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| Product Description: | This variety is characterized by the covering around the seed being thin and rather soft in texture. |
| NTFP Classification: | Food and food ingredients (plant-derived), Crafts and furniture making |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | It is cultivated to a very limited extent in the Philippines where, as in India, the cultivation appears to be confirmed to the hill people |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | It is cultivated to a very limited extent in the Philippines where, as in India, the cultivation appears to be confirmed to the hill people |
| Uses: | The seeds are prepared in various ways, and used for food and in the manufacture of fermented drinks |
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| Management Practices: | These are gathered and strung as beads, sometimes used as rosaries, making bead curtains, or on various kinds of ornamental baskets, trays, etc. The seeds are prepared in various ways, and used for food and in the manufacture of fermented drinks. Blanco (1837) states that the Chinese gathered the fruits in large quantities in the provinces of Laguna and Pangasinan, and prepared from them a kind of flour which was reputed to be excellent for people in delicate health. The cultivation of this plant offers promising possibilities. |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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