What kind of plant is coix seed?

It is the kernel of Coix lachryma-jobi, a Gramineae plant.

Coix seed has the effect of clearing heat and drying dampness. When the weather is hot or chest tightness, you can eat some ginkgo barley porridge, which can clear away heat and make your body comfortable. Coix lachryma-jobi seed contains vitamin B 1 and vitamin E, which is a beauty food. Regular consumption can keep human skin shiny and delicate, eliminate acne and spots, and improve skin color. Healthy people often eat coix seed, which can make the body flexible and reduce the occurrence of tumors.

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Coix lachryma-jobi is an annual plant of Gramineae, mainly produced in Qichun, Hunan, Hebei, Jiangsu, Fujian, Guizhou and other provinces. Coix lachryma-jobi International is distributed in southeast Asia and Pacific islands, and is planted or escaped in tropical, subtropical, African and American tropical wetlands.

Coix lachryma-jobi likes mild and humid climate, and avoids high temperature, mugginess, cold resistance and drought, especially at seedling stage, heading stage and filling stage, when the temperature is 65438 05℃, the seedlings grow rapidly.

Coix lachryma-jobi seeds germinate easily. The optimum temperature for germination is 25-30℃, the germination rate is about 85%, and the seed life is 2-3 years. Mostly born in wet houses, ponds, river valleys, valleys, streams or waterlogged farmland, common in 200-2000 meters above sea level, wild or cultivated.

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